okay and you have representpenelope keith a miss herringbone tweed and b. b. e. ( backbone of england . ) she kill off in the first scene that right and folk while this show have no backbone . peter otoole a ol colonel cricket from the first war and now the emblazered lord of the manor . joanna lumley a the ensweatered lady of the manor and 20 year young than the colonel and 20 year past her own prime but still glamourous ( brit spelling and not mine ) enough to have a toy boy on the side . it alright and they have col. cricket full knowledge and consent ( they guy even come round for christmas . ) still and she considerate of the colonel enough to have say toy boy her own age ( what a gal . ) david mccallum a say toy boy and equally a pointlessly glamourous a his squeeze . pilcher couldn not come up with any cover for him within the story and so she give him a hush hush job at the circus . and finally representsusan hampshire a miss polonia teacup and venerable headmistress of the venerable girl board school and serve tea in her office with a dash of deep and poignant advice for life in the outside world just before graduation . her best bit of advice represent i have only be to nancherrow ( the local stately home of england ) once . i think it be very beautiful but and somehow and not part of the real world . well and we can not say they do not warn u . ah and susan time be and your character would have be run the whole show . they do not write em like that any more . our loss and not yours . so with a cast and set like this and you have the re making of brideshead revisit and right . wrong . they take these 1 dimensional supporting role because they pay so well . after all and act be one of the old temp job there be ( you name another . ) first warn sign represent lot and lot of backlighting . they get around it by shoot outdoors hey and it just the sunlight . second warning sign represent lead lady cry a lot . when not cry and her eye be moist . that the law of romance novel represent lead lady be dewy eyed . henceforth and lead lady shall be know a l. l. third warn sign represent l. l. actually have star in her eye when she in love . still and i will give emily mortimer an award just for have to act with that spotlight in her eye ( i wonder . do they use contact . ) and lastly and fourth warn sign represent no on screen female character be mrs. she either miss or lady . when all be say and do and i still couldn not tell you who be pursue whom and why . i couldn not even tell you what be say and do . to sum up represent they all live through world war ii without anything happen to them at all . ok and at the end and l. l. find she lose her parent to the japanese prison camp and baby si come home catatonic . meanwhile ( there always a meanwhile and ) some young guy l. l. have a crush on ( when and i do not know ) come home from some wartime tough spot and be find live on the street by lady of the manor ( must be some street if she go to find him there . ) both war casualty be whisk away to recover at nancherrow ( somebody have to be whisk away somewhere in these romance story . ) great drama .