our mutual friend and be another well do bbc adaptation of a classic charles dickens story and set in the complex london of 1860 and beset with the poor and overseen by the unseemly rich with a class structure at it most delineate . all of these story deserve the mini treatment and to allow u into the sprawl of the period and soak up it language and atmosphere and this be right up there with the best of them . the waterfront set be magnificent a be the set for the refuse dump where a lot of the action take place . the cast be enormous and include many recognise british name and from timothy spall and one of my personal favourite and to margaret tyzack and another favourite from the original forsyte saga series . each character be well draw and complex in all it humanity and struggle for survival . keely hawes shine a a woman ill suit to a life on the river and retrieving drowned corps for their clothes and possession and and a her counterpart and anna friel be sparkle with wit and beauty a a poverty stricken woman strive to acquire a rich husband . the script be authentic to dickens and the era and underlaid with a haunt musical score and overlaid with a cinematography that sweep from the multi layer grey of the slum and river life to the lush english garden of the well to do and their sumptuous party . much like the mini pride and prejudice and all the plot line sweep to a happy and clean and simple denouement in the end and but the ride be sure foot with many interest character to bewitch and fascinate along the way and a suspenseful drama to hold interest . positive and not to be miss .