Lets face it when the BBC takes on the dramatisation of classic novels we know at last what we pay our TV Licence fee for. This adaptation is superb of course - the starring roles and players - the women especially are without equal. Judi Dench is terrific, but Imelda Staunton is as always so good, with Barbara Flynn being her usual impressive self. Julia MacKenzie is terrific too. Quite rightly, and totally in the spirit of Mrs Gaskell the men have only minor impact on the storyline - mere adjuncts to the independent lives of these women of a certain age who can more than hold their own in the supposedly masculine world.
And the good news is Oliver Twist is on the way!
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