I thought today's movies and series were unnecessarily bombarded by the constant drone of overpowering music, but this piece surely started this irritating effect! The acting, such as it is, is so over-the-top and silly that you long for the silent movie era. Eileen Atkins must have been either desperate to work at the time or needed something mindless to do. Such a waste of a real acting talent. Mind you, underneath the caked on make-up and behind the gaudy costumes, lurks a truly evil Cruella-type character who you love to hate. The only thing in this movie's favour is the scenery, building (castles) exteriors and the beautiful cars. With the inclusion of the 'Gothic' organ music and the appearance of a hunch-backed little man in the church, I was expecting Godzilla to appear in the next scene. The dialogue throughout is pretty lame and is neither funny, witty nor makes any sense. It's a wonder the BBC didn't collapse under the dead-weight of this nonsense. Thankfully they really did learn from this and go on to be best at producing period pieces. What a waste of talent, money and time.