This adap of John Mortimer’s novel takes 11 hours to explain why a preacher (Michael Hordern) leaves his fortune to an appalling upstart of a Tory MP (David Threlfall). Set across 30 years, its class obsessed comedy of manners was archaic 25 years ago; today it stands no chance.
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