Yep, we watched it too. And by half an hour in, I'd gotten the book off the shelf to check my "wait, did *that* happen?"s. The answer was almost always no. This Anne was always on the verge of tears or hyperventilation, and Wentworth was far, far too pretty. And Sir Walter wasn't flighty enough. And the actress playing Mary seemed to have studied Sophie Thompson's vocal mannerisms from the wonderful Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds version. I think my only problem with the latter one (the 1995 one linked to upthread) was the kiss in the street at the end, but at least it was chaste and tasteful, unlike the one in last night's. Blech.