Joanna Lumley in the new season of Wednesday

Joanna Lumley may be renowned as a British national treasure, but director Tim Burton had some very direct advice when it came to her accent in the long-awaited new season of Wednesday.

The Absolutely Fabulous star is among a stacked cast of new additions to the second season of the Netflix mega-hit led by Jenna Ortega, with fellow newbies including Billie Piper, Thandiwe Newton and Steve Buscemi.

The Bafta winner plays Morticia Addams’ mother Grandmama Hester Frump in the new episodes, who is “armed with a razor-sharp tongue”, according to Netflix’s Tudum.

But it sounds like we can expect a rather interesting accent from Joanna’s character than we’re used to when Wednesday returns on Netflix next week.

Joanna Lumley in the This Morning........

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