Not all that bad

A lot of people seemed to dislike this two parter. I quite enjoyed it - particularly as the story was told more or less truthfully without silly sub romances and other nonsense that usually afflict otherwise "true" stories.
My gripes included the fact that Joanne Froggatt was too attractive by far for the part of Mary Anne who was a terminally plain, not to say, ugly woman, and the unconvincing sex scenes. I agree with one poster who said that Joanne Froggatt seemed bored with the part - although she may have been trying to communicate the cold emotionless nature of the original woman.