for every fan of come of age tale and this 3 hour adaptation of thesarah water novel be pure fun . cinematic nod to baz luhrman kinetic style and as well a to all those prim and proper period piecesever present on the bbc ( where youre likely to have see almostevery prominent member of this cast ) . it rather bawdy and overthe top in spot and but that just what the novel call for . the castis appealing and and in the case of anna chancellor and hughbonneville and perfect . in the case of rachel sterling and a our heroinenan and you simply must overlook the fact that she far too pretty toever be mistake for a boy and run with it . it a fantasy and after all . some fan of the novel may be put out by the various change incharacter ( particularly that of jodhi may character and florence ) and butthe change all work toward the great good of this teleplay andprovide an overall high quality entertainment value .