Stiff upper lip

I succumbed to the Netflix recommendation. They clearly think I'm a little old lady who collects English crockery and hums "God Save the Queen" while I do the washing up, as they suggested FORTUNES OF WAR to me.

The miniseries from 1987, starring Ken and Em as Guy and Harriet Pringle, respectively, as a pair of newlyweds living in Bucharest at the onset of WWII. Guy is an idealistic, anti-war English professor who teaches at the university who brings his new wife from England to live among the various British expats. The story follows them from Bucharest to Athens to Cairo as they flee from the advancing Germans.

As with any British drama, there are plenty of eccentrics swirling about. In the foreground is the story of Guy and Harriet - a new marriage tested not so much by war, but by Guy's workaholic tendencies and need to know everyone. Ken and Em met on the set of this series, and the issues their characters face eerily foreshadow their own doomed marriage.

Regardless, it's a great story, and they are both excellent (and so young! wow!) and for those who really love Emma, it's a must-see. Plus, for those of us who are waiting for the next FOYLE, it's a nice slice of WWII drama that tells a different story of the war - the war in the deserts of North Africa.

At the end, I wanted to do as Guy, Harriett, and Simon (Rupert Graves) do - climb to the top of one of the pyramids and sing. Simply because one can.