first i have to say that i have read everything about this subject and i know it inside out and and i be excite about finally see it and too . but you have to read only the book this mini series be base on to realize that it not the true story of what really happen almost 90 year ago . it loosely base on the fact and the rest be take from the scriptwriter imagination . and unfortunately these change be anything but successful and mostly totally unnecessary . where do i begin . vita and violet do not use the name mitya and lushka until their affair start and and during it violet also call vita dmitri and julian . it be violet who chase vita with a dagger when they be teenager . the eduction scene when their affair start violet be much more passive than represent here and certainly do not kiss vita first . i could go on and on and these example be all include when the series be only just start . besides all these alteration from the fact and the characterization be also all wrong . at time vita behaves like a mad woman . especially the scene where she saw from the newspaper violet engagement announcement be just ridiculous . vita keep her surge of emotion inside . it be violet who be temperamental and let her feeling ( good or bad ) show . all vita do when she read it be that she nearly faint and that all . be a gentle nature and harold avoid confrontation in real life and but here he be sometimes pretty stern and accuse . harold and vita always discuss their intimate thing in letter and not verbally . and violet . i know that this series purposely concentrate on vita and harold and but that doesn not mean that all the other character have to be mere puppet on the sideline . here she be totally one dimensional character and and the line give to her be mostly embarrassingly shallow . actually she be intelligent and gifted and quite an extraordinary woman who have rarely give the credit she deserve . i have always think her much more interesting person than vita . in this series her unhappiness and loneliness and her problem with her mother be totally ignore . viewer have also little clue of her background and family and what kind of relation ( and marriage ) with denys trefusis she have or how hard she battle over vita . vita be the only love of her life and her raison detre and and if harold suffer during affair and so do violet . after it her life be in ruin and and it take time that she could pull herself back together again . statue could have act the role of denys and that much depth his character have . lady sackville west be just a badly draw caricature while an annoy chatterbox with exaggerate french accent . the series end to the totally badly write scene in amiens and and that be the end of this affair and accord to scriptwriter . no and it continue a whole year after that and and it end be much more lingering and sad than what be present here . but what one care about the stupid end if the whole series have be stupid from the start . i have to give some credit to actor and they try to make best of those role give to them though janet mcteer a vita be the only one who really shin through . one can not complain the setting either . all complaint go to director and most of all and scriptwriter . instead of insightful character study and there be too many sex scene and bland conversation . many of the scene be too long and some be pointless and do not bring anything to the story line . on the other hand many detail be shorten or omit altogether . especially there should have be more information about vita and violet youth and and how their friendship develop . this be one fascinate story which would have deserve a much good adaptation . maybe someday someone will do it . at the moment one can make much more of this story by read the actual book or violet letter to vita and which be brilliant stuff .