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Hiya, not bad! It's always a bit tricky with "British" English because that could mean about a million things. I think you're probably aiming for RP though if you're mimicking Emma Watson. Two things to think about:
1 RP is a very forward accent, you want it to resonate around about the teeth or, in some cases, even in front of the lips. Practise this by starting a hum and moving the hum forward and back in the mouth. Listen to Emma or someone like her, Daniel for instance, hesitating (err, umm, etc) as that will be her neutral sound. Interviews are a good place to find this kind of natural sound.
2 RP has a distinctly fluid tune. Listen to people speaking but try and ignore the words, just listen to the music of their voices. Americans tend (with many many exceptions of course) to work on a staircase (I go along and then I go UP FOR A BIT AND then back down), RP speakers are more of a rollercoaster, we're very liquid.
You've got a lot of good sounds, particularly well done on not pronouncing your r's, that's tricky. Keep it up! If you want some resources, check out the Access Accents programme: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0713685042
And for native speaker examples, you can't beat IDEA: http://www.dialectsarchive.com/