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Title: Soap Opera Quality, Low Production values
Review: After watching Downton Abbey, I was looking for another period piece from the UK. This one disappoints.The premise is a good one, and the first few episodes fine--although production quality is not very good. (somewhat grainy and washed out)As the series progresses, the travails become increasingly melodramatic and unreal. One particular story line involving a baby goes beyond stretching your imagination....On the positive side, it is good to see English society....although the "upstairs" folks are routinely portrayed as weak, without morals and in some cases, extremely cruel.Overall, I give it a 2 for the beginning episodes that showed young girls coming to London as Nannys. As it progresses, it becomes a soap opera in all senses of the word--overly dramatic with constantly escalating situations, characterizations that are black and white and almost comic, and resolutions that are too pat. By the end, I was glad it was over.
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