Sienna Guillory plays complicated and attractive girl, Jenny Bunn, in the late 1950s. She wants to save herself for marriage of course but still loves the attention of various men and one in particular.
It's a slow periodic piece and as usual, the attention to set details is impressive. The episodes amble through the on again-off again relationship between Jenny and Patrick. She's a flirty knockout blonde and he's a horny older man who'll put the moves on anything who looks his way.
It's a pleasant way to spend 150 minutes of your time, but in the end, the 'love story' fails to satisfy. She just becomes annoying and he only has one thing on his mind. What makes this interesting though is the squad of peripheral characters who bounce off them.
The entire three part TV adaptation is worth the work just for the five- minute cameo from Leslie Phillips. His tiny piece (I say... ding dong!) is a thing of comedic genius. And others rise to the occasion, to prevent us from getting bogged down by the silly antics of the two unlikeable leads.
Emma Chambers (Notting Hill) and Robert Daws (Jeeves and Wooster) are both hugely entertaining as Landlady and wannabe con man Martha and Dick Thompson.
In the end, it's a mediocre story propped up by fantastic production values, a genuinely affectionate look at a changing middle-England, a top notch cast... and all that jazz!
It's a slow periodic piece and as usual, the attention to set details is impressive. The episodes amble through the on again-off again relationship between Jenny and Patrick. She's a flirty knockout blonde and he's a horny older man who'll put the moves on anything who looks his way.
It's a pleasant way to spend 150 minutes of your time, but in the end, the 'love story' fails to satisfy. She just becomes annoying and he only has one thing on his mind. What makes this interesting though is the squad of peripheral characters who bounce off them.
The entire three part TV adaptation is worth the work just for the five- minute cameo from Leslie Phillips. His tiny piece (I say... ding dong!) is a thing of comedic genius. And others rise to the occasion, to prevent us from getting bogged down by the silly antics of the two unlikeable leads.
Emma Chambers (Notting Hill) and Robert Daws (Jeeves and Wooster) are both hugely entertaining as Landlady and wannabe con man Martha and Dick Thompson.
In the end, it's a mediocre story propped up by fantastic production values, a genuinely affectionate look at a changing middle-England, a top notch cast... and all that jazz!