Wonderful performance by Benedict Cumberpatch for which he was nominated for an Emmy. Features a very good well known cast.
Adapted by the Tom Stoppard who has collected 4 Tony's and an Oscar for the script of Shakespeare in Love, this BBC/HBO miniseries is based on a highly regarded but relatively little known set of four novel by Ford Maddox Ford.
As always BBC proves they are the masters of the period piece/costume drama. The series is set largely during the First World War, though it begins a few a couple of years earlier. But it's not really about the war though a substantial part of the story takes place there, and the characters and the society in which they live are forever changed by it.
It's a wonderful story about love, and the challenges of the class structure, the still prevalent 19th century morals and in particular the anathema of scandal or embarrassment.
The series was nominated for five Emmy's and many other awards, it also got some great reviews. I'm quite surprised it isn't better known.
Adapted by the Tom Stoppard who has collected 4 Tony's and an Oscar for the script of Shakespeare in Love, this BBC/HBO miniseries is based on a highly regarded but relatively little known set of four novel by Ford Maddox Ford.
As always BBC proves they are the masters of the period piece/costume drama. The series is set largely during the First World War, though it begins a few a couple of years earlier. But it's not really about the war though a substantial part of the story takes place there, and the characters and the society in which they live are forever changed by it.
It's a wonderful story about love, and the challenges of the class structure, the still prevalent 19th century morals and in particular the anathema of scandal or embarrassment.
The series was nominated for five Emmy's and many other awards, it also got some great reviews. I'm quite surprised it isn't better known.