There is much to like here! Ian McShane - as always - is funny, engaging, and accomplished.
Really enjoyed this period drama series! The acting by the perfectly chosen cast was excellent and the beautiful scenic photography, even the slower pace made it more in tune with life in those days.
What would British classic TV drama have done if there had been no Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)? The whole television viewing public of Britain was swept up in all 26 episodes of the epic series THE PALLISERS (1974), which I watched again not long ago and it is certainly one of the greatest achievements of British television drama history, magnificent in every way.
I really enjoyed the first 3 episodes of this new BBC show. BBC has done it again, by taking a novel, and creating a wonderful script for a TV show.
After a slow beginning, during which time the story unfolds in a series of shot/reverse shot sequences accompanied by Ilan Eshkeri's rather obtrusive music, Julian Fellowes's adaptation of a lesser known Trollope novel proves extremely entertaining.This is due in no small part to the eternal conflict between money, power, and love that underpins the plot.
"Unfortunately J. Fellowes fcerezo-9895014 January 2019 Yes, it would be a much higher rating if this Fellow is not at the beginning and the end of each chapter.
Anthony Trollope's novels have been mined for TV productions for decades, so we shouldn't be surprised that Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes decided to take a crack at one. And he does rather well.
The actors are wonderful, the writing is wonderful, the English countryside is very-green, Tom Hollander -- what a range of talent he has -- and, yes, Julian Fellowes, are wonderful, and new star Stefanie Martini is both very beautiful and very wonderful... You will enjoy this, everyone will, the direction and the overall production have a delicate, light, touch, even through some very dark scenes.
Must've been a treat for Julian Fellowes to get his hands on a real Victorian novel, instead of churning out new eps of that pandering pastiche he's been working on for the last few seasons- Solid Trollopian plot (sundered lovers and missing heirs and family secrets), great cast--Ian McShane not exactly playing against type as a rough-diamond railroad magnate nice to see Alison Brie of "Mad Men" as the husband-hunting heiress and Inspector Lewis's old boss as one of the snobbish gentlefolk. Stefanie Martini, who only has one other IMDb credit, is perfect as the strong-willed heroine (so much more relatable than those soupy Dickens girls!
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