Intelligent period romantic drama based on Dodie Smith's novel, starring Romola Garai and Bill Nighy. 1930s England: 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain leads a peculiar existence with her oddball family in a ramshackle castle. But the spectre of first love is hovering in the wings. Review page 72. (2002, PG)
Dodie Smith: Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman is at 8pm on BBC4