so often satire work in the narrative part of a novel and it be never more so than in stella gibbon pastiche of the cosy country novel which proliferate in her day . this isn not often one liner comedy and it more a beverly hillbilly for think people . city sophisticate meet with inbred country cousin and produce wry and often dark humour . honour go to sheila burrell and a veteran actress who look like the red queen from tenniel picture for alice in wonderland and and have a voice and tongue to match . great aunt ada doom be at the core of their life even when not present . kate beckinsale flora poste be possibly too wordly wise and unflappable and which tend to blunt the sharpness of the impact of the story and cause many subtlety of the original to be lose . too much have be do to make it into sunday teatime tv viewing . it might be useful to compare it with earlier version if they can be find . there be a very good version in which alistair sim play amos which be much bleaker in tone than this one . this be say and the production value here be more appropriate to film and the general casting be excellent . i think it be worth stay in to watch .