eheheeehh, I dated an English girl who told me the reason they have so many ugly actors on british TV. Apparently it's because producers there believe that brits like the "real" look of average (ugly) people, whereas americans won't watch anything without super attractive folks.
I had noticed that a lot of the movies set in Victorian times feature actors who are rather a rough lot, not to appealing to the eye.
Bad teeth and cold emotions seem to be a British standard.