The most resourceful heroine in literature comes to the screen in a gritty, sexually charged adaptation of the Daniel Defoe classic. Alex Kingston plays notorious Moll, a woman struggling to make her way in a rough, randy era. Her story involves five husbands, numerous lovers, shocking family secrets and travels to bustling London and the New World\'s Virginia. Moll\'s dangerous misdeeds stretch from sexual adventures to criminal acts, leaving her with a price on her head. And though her mind tells her to forsake ne\'er-do-well beau Jemmy (Daniel Craig), her heart cannot be changed by anything--not even the gallows. An outlaw of her time... and one of the most remarkable tales of all time: Moll FlandersThis energetic, sardonic, and richly funny adaptation of Daniel Defoe\'s classic novel is completely unlike what you might expect from genteel Masterpiece Theatre. The heroine, Moll Flanders (Alex Kingston), after being born in prison, wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century English society, has five husbands (including a roguish highwayman who becomes the love of her life), many lovers (male and female), travels to America and back again, and in general discovers all that is cruel and sweet in life. Kingston tears into her role with gleeful amorality and delicious charm, often turning to the camera with a seductive smile to ask, \"What would you do?\" This British miniseries is brilliantly written, skillfully directed, and superbly acted all around (with particularly delightful performances by Diana Rigg and Daniel Craig)--in short, among the best of its kind; both a cunning examination of social morés and a hugely entertaining story. Not to be missed. --Bret Fetzer
