I rather liked it - spoilers
I didn't have any particular expectations - which is often the best way to approach things - and only really sat down to watch it because I have a soft spot for Ben Batt. But, I enjoyed this - it was certainly much better than last week's "An Inspector Calls", which was ridiculously slow to get going and basically a polemic rather than a proper drama... A few niggles... Young Leo's doe-eyed-ness got a little annoying. (Old Leo was doing it at the end as well. So, I presume they'd decided that was a feature of the character...) Ted's farm seemed bizarrely understaffed... And - being really picky - the Land Rover Ted's grandson got into in the village at the end seemed much more modern than the 1950s, which jarred a little... Of course, there's the whole business of wondering why on Earth Leo should feel guilty about anything, when he's basically been used by Marian and Ted, been treated unfairly by the mental mother and had the horrible experience of finding the dead body of someone he'd come to care about to a certain extent. But, no doubt that's all in the book, which I'm now actually quite keen to read... Putting the doe-eyed-ness to one side, Jack Holligton was very good, as was the rest of the cast... And, we really can't ignore the nudity... Of course, Aidan Turner's shirtlessness in "Poldark" caused rather a stir. But, Mr Batt's starkers emergence from the lake was very saucy for Sunday evening tele. (Not that I'm complaining..!) Excellent period detail - apart from that Land Rover - as you'd expect from the BBC... As I said, I liked it.
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