Cranford is incredible! Although I did suffer from a big-time case of WTF? when I realized that the older doctor is played by John Bowe, the oozes-with-sex-appeal weaver from Precious Bane and George Marlowe, the serial killer from the first Prime Suspect. When did he get old?

For that matter, when did I???

You know who else oozes sex appeal unexpectedly? James Nesbitt in Jekyll, that's who.

I loved that mini as much as the aforementioned costume dramas that are among my favorites.

Stills just don't do it justice. The movement of Nesbitt's face, in both characters, is mesmerizing.

eta: added a descriptor to avoid an unfortunate association with a disease.

I still haven't seen the second Cranford series, but I hope it will repeat on PBS.

I don't think there's anything that unexpected about Nesbitt's hotness in Jekyll. He was attractive in Murphy's Law, and you add an Angelus to that? Hello, papi.

Jekyll was awesome. I added it to my Netflix queue because John Rogers told me to.

I haven't seen Murphy's Law yet. Must remedy that.

I enjoyed the Cranfords but, watching the second one recently, I couldn't remember what had happened in the first at all! Possibly I am a little senile.

I thought that the first one was more memorable (I mean - it had Philip Glenister!)

OT:

Quester, that article sumi was referring to is Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked.

Glenister was fabulous, but Dench, Atkins and Staunton all at once? Bliss.