Nov 26, 2025
British TV characters have so much depth because they're always depicted so honestly, with their trauma and personality flaws at the forefront, while retaining a wry sense of humour about themselves and their lives. It's endearing, hopeful, and keeps things from feeling too heavy.
It's what makes them feel real. Real life is like that. One minute you're spiralling, the next something absurd or stupid happens and you catch yourself reluctantly laughing about it. If you want to stay sane throughout all the shit life shovels at you, you need to learn how to laugh at it sometimes. British writers seem to have bottled up the essence of this comedic absurdism and they use it to make the most compelling and realistic characters on TV.
#proxipost#also their actors haven't obliterated their faces with Botox and replaced their teeth with bleached white stones#They look like real Fing people and we can see them emoting even in the most subtle of ways#I'm tired of American tv mostly because I'm sick of trying to guess what a character is feeling in any given moment#their faces frozen in place and pulled so taught their skin looks like it will tear#dept q#broadchurch#adolescence