Don't get me wrong, I really like this show. I have watched every episode of the first two series and will continue to do so when the third season launches later this year.

So, first the good. Great premise - bunch of superheroes ('soops') grown lazy, complacent and corrupt, policing a version of contemporary America. 'The Boys' of the title are a group of ill-matched vigilantes who seek to expose and generally fight back against the crimes and casual violence wrought by the superheroes.

'The Boys' are led by Billy Butcher played as a screen dominating tough guy by Karl Urban. And yet...and yet...time to address the elephant in the room. It's his accent.

What it is that Mr Urban is essaying here is anybody's guess. I actually watched the first two episodes of season one convinced his character was meant to be Australian. Thereafter, his vocal contortions have taken in South Africa, Zimbabwe, south east London (occasionally) and some notional mid-Atlantic zone normally associated with cheesy radio jocks.

To compound what is a heinous crime against English dialects, the sloppy scriptwriters have even made gross errors with (UK) English vernacular. For example: 'lost your bottle' used in context of the plot to mean losing one's temper actually means losing the courage to do something. Losing your temper would be referred to as 'losing your rag'.

So, Karl Urban is the new holder of the worst 'British accent' in a TV series or film, finally taking away that particular accolade/ stigma from Dick van Dyke in 'Mary Poppins'