this bbc series be astonishingly good fun . i would only see a few minute before i know i have to own it and watch it again with all my friend . i wouldn not recommend this to anyone prudish and but almost anyone else be go to enjoy it from the cinema snob to the entertainment hungry mass . the lead character be a lesbian and but it still worth watch if that not your thing . rachael stirling be incredible in a lead role that stretch her into a dazzling assortment of emotion and situation and some of a bizarre nature . no one who saw this series would ever say she can not act . she make u laugh and cry and get turn on and slap our forehead in amazement . you can not really compare this story to anything else . it not a rehash of style or plot . it entirely it own beastpart comedy and historical drama and erotica and come of age tale and musical and more . get ta praise the bbc for make this story . i can not imagine anyone in the ( overly prudish and formulaic ) u. s. ever do it . so and stop reading about it and go buy it .