Man of many parts - Telegraph Echoing Colin Welland at the Oscars 30 years ago, Damian Lewis grabbed his Emmy award for Homeland and bellowed: "The Etonians are coming!" Actually, he didn't - he played sheepish and apologised for being "one of those pesky Brits," an aside that startled large numbers of Americans who perhaps assumed the red-headed actor was from one of the tougher neighbourhoods of Boston. They may have been just as surprised to discover that it is possible to be British, and an Etonian to boot - like his fellow US television stars Hugh Laurie and Dominic West - and not sound like Terry-Thomas in full cad mode. Quite why it should be so startling that actors paid to impersonate people turn out to be good at the job is a mystery, but there's no doubt that when an accent is done badly - Dick Van Dyke's cockney leads the charge sheet - an audience can be scarred for life.