Gawping at the (fictional) rich and posh

I should admit that I’ve started taking advantage of the Beeb repeating ‘To The Manor Born’ (it first aired around the time I was born, but it still stands up.) It made me laugh a fair bit, though not as much as the recorded audience, and even though Audrey drips of entitlement and privilege, Penelope Keith is peerless as her. I wonder if she was an influence on Julian Fellowes vis a vis Lady Mary although this type is not uncommon. Maybe it’s her relationship with Marjory that makes me think that, ( mild spoilers for a decades old sitcom )

I felt obliged to share that, because I’ve also started watching ‘The Pursuit of Love’ (both of these via iPlayer at my own pace, so I’m already behind,) I’ve never read Mitford, and I have some complicated feelings about my and TV’s fascination with the English upper class. But it is a good show, ( proper spoilers for a current adaptation of a decades-old novel )