10 TV Shows That Most Accurately Represent Britain

America had who shot JR. Britain has “OMG I can’t believe Wes would do that to Laura!”. For two months, every year most of the nation is gripped with talks of who did what with who and why in a large Villa in Majorca.

For those living under a rock or who simply have no idea what Love Island is the premise is simple; a group of insanely attractive 20-somethings enter a villa and attempt to find love by coupling up and completing challenges. Each week a couple is voted off the show and the winners are the last couple standing after a combination of public and in-villa votes. The drama arises from constant recoupling and the introduction of new contestants.

Whilst, the show is seemingly now on the decline, for a couple of years the nation followed the show religiously, with the show single-handedly fuelling gossip round the water-cooler (which to be honest I think just happens in WhatsApp groups now).

The show portrays a new type of Brit, healthy, attractive, tanned and each year a word from the show enters its way into mainstream vernacular. It portrays the new Insta-generation of Brits, who love a fake tan, nights out and looking ‘fleaky’.

If you want to learn English then get prepared to add muggy, melt, and pied off to your vocabulary. For better or worse Love Island is unashamedly British.