i first read lorna doone about 20 year ago and absolutely love it . it be a classic historical romance set in the 1600s when the west country be several day journey from london and law and order be much hard to enforce . sadly and this version of the book take several liberty with the story and be incredibly disappointing in my opinion . the acting and production value be ok but the way the story be mess about with be dreadful . why do television adaptation do this . why would they think that the thousand of fan of a book would want them to change the story . one of life great mystery . the bbc make an excellent version which be televise at christmas in the early 1990s which i be still try to track down a copy of . take my advice and read the book and do not bother with this paltry version .