I'm in England now and watched the first episode of a new Tom Stoppard/BBC drama "Parade's End" last Friday -- a tetralogy (four related novels) by Ford Madox Ford published between 1924 and 1928. Set mainly in England and on the Western Front in World War I, where Ford served as an officer in the Welch Regiment. Hailed by some as "possibly the greatest 20th-century novel in English". I enjoyed the first episode and Benedict Cumberbatch is a superb actor. Great supporting cast with Rebecca Hall (daughter of Sir Peter Hall) as his mean, socialite wife and Adelaide Clemens as the suffragette he falls in love with. I wish people would stop comparing it to Downton Abbey as it is an entirely different creation. Below is a review by the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9498260/Parades-End-BBC-Two-review.html
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