The Costumes: Lots of brown. Go easy on them; it was just after the war, old chap.

The Constrictions: It’s all about the A word: (whisper it) abortion. Back in the 1950s, it was illegal for women to abort their unborn children. Which made it all the more scandalous that one Vera Drake was unafraid to help those women-in-need.

If They Changed Costumes: All that russet clothing is just too depressing. How about some bright ‘n' busy clown costumes? Sure you might scare a few kiddies (and coulrophobic adults) on the way, but it’d distract from all that abortion talk now, wouldn’t it?