i think that this be an excellent portrait of a deeply complex and individualistic woman . julia davis shine a she always do and and seem to inhabit the unknowable mr cradock effortlessly . whether you admire madame fanny or not and and preposterous and obnoxious a she seem and i rather do and she be a pioneering female and very much of her time and and the world be a more interesting place because she be in it . to paraphrase a line from the programme and good to die miserable than be boring and darling . my only complaint be that i would have like to have see more about her early life and how she manage to throw fabulous dinner party despite world war 2 rationing by catch and cook whatever unfortunate wildlife stray into her garden and why she abandon her child and just what make her tick . maybe we will never really know . maybe we shouldn not .