I tried to be fair to this series and watched 5 episodes before I had to pull the plug. It is rude, crude, foul-mouthed, and very sad. What it isn't is particularly funny. I've bailed on other British series that were supposedly funny that I found to be simply disgusting, so it appears that I'll just have to admit that British low-brow (no brow?) humour is not my thing. "Old world charm" is not a thing.