I recall first watching this many years ago, looking at the timeline probably when it first aired. Since then it has often flashed through my mind that I really wanted to see it again ... and yesterday I was fortunate enough to find a copy.
I won't recount details of the actual story, the basic plot descriptions already do that well enough and other reviewers have already pointed out how superbly it has been crafted and delivered.
Instead, let's look at the cast. Every other character is played by someone who is now, and probably was at the time, a household name. Whilst the trend nowadays seems to be to get one or two 'headliners' to pull in the audience then populate the rest of a show with much less well known talent, this drama is jam-packed with just about everyone who was anyone in UK drama at the time. (Well, men, at least. I'm afraid there aren't a lot of decent roles for women in this one.)
This was a delight to rewatch. It certainly won't be another twenty years until I do so again.
I won't recount details of the actual story, the basic plot descriptions already do that well enough and other reviewers have already pointed out how superbly it has been crafted and delivered.
Instead, let's look at the cast. Every other character is played by someone who is now, and probably was at the time, a household name. Whilst the trend nowadays seems to be to get one or two 'headliners' to pull in the audience then populate the rest of a show with much less well known talent, this drama is jam-packed with just about everyone who was anyone in UK drama at the time. (Well, men, at least. I'm afraid there aren't a lot of decent roles for women in this one.)
This was a delight to rewatch. It certainly won't be another twenty years until I do so again.