Diana Rigg flees heartbreak for Welsh sheep and surprises — what she finds is far messier than romance.
Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds its own humour and passion.
Acting
Diana Rigg's brittle elegance masking volcanic loneliness.
Writing
Simon Gray's dialogue: cruel, funny, desperately sad.
Director
Gareth Davies
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Simon Gray adapted his own novel and reportedly hated the final cut; Diana Rigg later called it 'a curio, not a career highlight.'
A rare 80s British TV drama centering middle-aged women's interior lives without marriage-as-redemption — practically extinct now too.
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