An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.
Acting
Jim Broadbent's fragile, devastating old Leo.
Cinematography
Golden hour that feels like it's mourning something.
Writing
Adapting L.P. Hartley's 'The past is a foreign country.'

Director
Pete Travis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is actually the second BBC adaptation — the first was a 1971 film with Julie Christie and Alan Bates that scandalized audiences.
The cricket match scene is iconic British class warfare in miniature — every polite gesture is a weapon.