The TV series 'Cranford', from the books by Elizabeth Gaskell, is a good example of British drama at its best. It has a wonderful cast, a near flawless script, painstaking attention to detail and an alchemical spring in its step.
Also, cleverly, they didn't make enough of it.
I laugh. I cry (a lot). I sigh. I say 'Oh Miss Matty' quite frequently. Herself and I curtsey to each other and drink tea out of good china and wish we had bonnets to wear.
It takes a while to get over a Cranford viewing session - nothing else quite matches up - but while it's on the twenty-first century disappears.
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NOTHING is as good as Cranford. not even Downton Abbey. Although 6 pt Pride and Prejudice comes close.
ReplyDeleteWe could do our own sequel. But who would be Miss Matty?