normally bbc production of jane austen be pretty good but northanger abbey be just odd . what be they think . this film have little of austen charm and ironically mimic the gothic novel that austen so wonderfully mock . not only that and the gothic sequence be tacky and over the top and and frankly silly . the actress playing miss morland be poorly cast with no obvious appeal to attract the attention of an eligible bachelor and and though i rather like the creepy peter firth a mr. tilney and he be not a bit like the novel and even when deliver dialog straight out of the book . robert hardy a general tilney turn in one of his few terribly ham performance . this film be so bizarre and strange that i actually watch it again just to savor how freakishly wrong it be .