Death Comes to Pemberley (2013 Daniel Percival)

What a great idea of novelist PD James (better known for crime thrillers) to write a murder mystery sequel to Pride and Prejudice - at the age of 91 no less. I'm suddenly mad about her.

Anna Maxwell Martin is the resourceful heroine, Matthew Rhys the moody Darcy, and Matthew Good the cad Wickham. Great cast also includes a commanding Trevor Eve who just seems to get better and better; and James Fleet, Jenna Coleman, Tom Ward (Colonel), Eleanor Tomlinson (Georgiana), Joanna Scanlon (housekeeper).

Sympathetically shot by Steve Lawes: great interior night scenes shot at 1280 ISO in candelight (and a little supplementary light); day interiors lit with large HMI fixtures outside the windows. Filmed in July - August 2013 so they certainly had the weather for it.

The highlight of TV Christmas.