The Pursuit of Love

A lavish new Sunday-night period drama

● DRAMA / 9pm / BBC1/ BBC iplayer (box set) Settle back to wallow in this absolute gem of a period drama (think with a waspish edge and a modern soundtrack) based on Nancy Mitford’s novel. Lily James and Emily Beecham are sensational as cousins Linda and Fanny, who are eager to find the men of their dreams but who have mixed fortunes in the perilous high-society dating scene of the 1920s and 1930s. Look out for a scene-stealing Dominic West as Linda’s apoplectic dad Matthew, and Andrew Scott as their wonderfully louche neighbour. ★★★★★ CC See feature, page 6