Who wouldn't fall in love with the plucky Gemma Jones as she puts a quite contemporary spin on her 1900's "Duchess"? I'm happy to report with my 50" plasma Samsung set to the wide fit screen size the photographic quality is superb even though the colors at times look a little excessive. Fiddle with your settings and I'm sure you'll be pleased. I especially liked the special feature that listed a full staff for one of the English great houses of the period. By my rough estimate it looks like such a house had over two hundred employees to keep every thing up to snuff. When you realize the kitchen staff worked an average of 12- 15 hours daily and seems to spend a great deal of that time doing food processing tasks we take for granted today, you realize how lucky we are to spend so little time on meal preparations.
Review of The Duchess of Duke Street
