He's a football pundit, Emmie, used to play for Liverpool. Both have very thick Scouse accents. Martin Freeman's 'Scouse' accent is much less obvious and he acts his socks off in The Responder. IMHO, as per usual.
Just been speaking to my best mate. Both her and her husband watched half an episode and hated it! Just shows how we all differ. But she agrees with me that Breaking Bad has been the best thing on TV ever!!