Have TV sex scenes become too explicit?

I AGREE with Libby Purves that TV sex scenes have become too explicit (Mail). Writers and producers have missed the point that a hint of sexual attraction is much more potent. Who could ever forget the barely contained passion of Colin Firth’s Darcy in Pride And Prejudice, the repressed passion in Brief Encounter, the waves rocking the boat in Shirley Valentine and Sam West’s Darcy moment in the recent remake of All Creatures Great And Small? The rest is left to your imagination, which is as it should be, and makes it more exciting. Too much TV appears to be addicted to excess. It needs to relearn that less is definitely more.

SHEILA ATTWATER, Swindon, Wilts.

UNLIKE those who praised Black Narcissus as wonderful TV, I was underwhelmed. I know erotic when I see it, but disappointingly it was sorely lacking in this drama. It was ridiculous that even with the bad plumbing and extreme weather, the nuns looked pristine in their beautifully pressed habits. It wasn’t a patch on the intense emotion portrayed by Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron and David Farrar in the original film.

MARY HESLAM, Wigton, Cumbria.

I HAVE often complained about the woeful recent drama offerings on the BBC. I groan every time adapters such as Andrew Davies get their hands on the classics of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, stuffing them with unnecessary sex scenes, violence and swearing, aimed at a contemporary audience. Uncle Vanya on BBC 4 was a long overdue exception. The starstudded cast, including Toby Jones and Anna Calder-Marshall, were magnificent in portraying flawed, but genuine, human beings. JACK OWEN, Neston, Cheshire.