Lord Sugar slammed for ‘borderline xenophobic’ remark on The Responder: ‘No disrespect’

Lord Sugar, 74, regularly uses his Twitter account to speak his mind and weigh on world issues. And on Tuesday night, his attention was directed towards BBC’s latest crime drama The Responder.

Starring Martin Freeman as gritty Liverpudlian urgent response officer officer Chris Carson, the show is written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, aiming to give people a distinctive new take by “holding a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing”.

Filmed in and around Liverpool, the actor is said to have spent over a year trying to perfect his northern accent and to some, he’s hit the nail on the head.

However, Lord Sugar and his wife Ann Simons, thought differently.

Taking to Twitter after watching the programme, that’s currently available to watch on iPlayer, he penned a rather scathing review of the cast’s accents.

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“Sorry about northern accents ruining your enjoyment. Next time I hope they put some cockneys on so you can enjoy it better, maybe a bit of Chas and Dave on the intro music,” snapped @Zoc47.

Others urged the business mogul to use subtitles net time if he was still struggling to understand the strong accents.

But it seems most were against Lord Sugar when it came to Martin’s ability to change vocal regions.