Be Careful About The Advice You Give,

I Remain, However, Fairly Optimistic For The Future Of Period Drama Because It's Just Such A Popular Thing.

From Time To Time There Is A Move To Do A Little Less In The Way Of Period Dramas, But People Rebel. Audiences Say We Want Them. There Is A Big Hunger For Them. I Don't Think It's Sentimentality Or Nostalgia, It's Often That They Are Simply The Best Stories.

My Wife Likes History And Documentaries, But I'm Not So Keen On Them. I Generally Go And Do Some Work If There's One Of Those On.

The Bbc Fulfils A Wonderful Cultural Function. Maybe The Problem Is That It Feels It Needs To Be Everything To Everybody.

I Adore Doing Classic Adaptations, But I Also Feel Their Frustrations And Their Limitations.