United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the setting for Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London 1961. The city of London, England is the centerpiece of those two video games.

The Grand Theft Auto games are developed in the United Kingdom, more specifically in Scotland, where Rockstar North is based. The games are first shipped to the United States of America and Canada, before they are made available in the UK and the remainder of continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of the world.

The UK is currently home to four Rockstar studios:

The United Kingdom is also home to the BBFC rating system, which has been the harshest on the Grand Theft Auto series. Dan Houser, Sam Houser, Terry Donovan and Gary Dale are all British.

GTA III

[[Freddy (GTA III) is first heard on Chatterbox FM where he speaks to Lazlow about nannies (and he wanted to be spanked). He is also voiced by Dan Houser.
The Ammu-Nation owner is voiced by Sam Houser.

The V8 Ghost is a British exotic car because its model is based on the Lotus Espirit.
The Pilgrim's Pantry advert announcer's voice sounds British.

Phil Collins stars himself in this game, his assistant is Barry Mickelthwaite who too is British.
There is a space programme on any radio station which features voices that sound British.
The announcer of the Buy American Coalition (the national organisation that keeps the United States of America independent from foreign goods) slightly slams the Brits by telling them to "shove cups of tea up their limey asses, and show them the American spirit - by drinking boomshine and killing natives instead."
The Splitz-6 ATV is based on the Supacat, which is a British vehicle manufactured by that company.

Maccer is a British character from Salford, which Shaun Ryder (who voiced him) lives exactly in Salford.
The Carcer City advert and Hampshire Nannies advert are hosted by British advertisers.
The Stafford (Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow) and Windsor (Jaguar XKE) are British cars.

Gay Tony mentions that he has clubs in London.
Daisie Cash-Cooze is a Londoner who moved to Liberty City.
Ricky Gervais and Frankie Boyle are British comedians in Split Sides.
In Middle Park, Algonquin there is a British Embassy with two Union Jacks that is near the Algonquin Safehouse and Grotti.
There are British pedestrians all over Liberty City, they can be possible to find and they will say things like "I'm gonna beat you arsehole!", "Watch it you berk!" and "Are you takin' the piss?!".
The buskers by Walter Houser, who is the father of the British Rockstar Games executive producers Sam Houser and Dan Houser.