DRAMA

Demoting the charismatic Major Wilson to a supporting role in the tense drama of his own creating has been a wise move - tonight Alison Wilson, the character’s own grand-daughter goes in search of another of her husband’s wives.

The grim gentility of 1960s suburbia is well realised, but Alison’s investigative trip to see the couple’s former landlord in London hints at a more sordid, Dickensian truth to her husband’s dealings.