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2001 adaptation by Deborah Moggach, from Nancy Mitford's auto-biographical novels .. with Alan Bates* Celia Imrie, John Wood, Sheila Gish, Elisabeth DermotWalsh, Rosamund Pike "Love in a Cold Climate"

*Alan Bates died in 2003, aged 69 .. from a combination of diabetes, stroke & pancreatic cancer .. Nancy Mitford: https://www.nancymitford.com/

2001 adaptation by Deborah Moggach, from Nancy Mitford's auto-biographical novels 'The Pursuit of Love' and 'Love in a Cold Climate' was directed by Tom Hooper .. FEATURING wonderful young performers Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Rosamund Pike, Anna Popplewell, Jemima Rooper, Megan Dodds & not-so-young but still lovely Rupert Fraser .. .. nominated for two British Academy Television Awards; Bates was nominated for Best Actor, and the production team received nominations in the Costume Design and Production Design categories .. .. The production staff researched the background to Mitford's novels by interviewing her surviving sister Deborah. The series was accompanied by an Omnibus profile of Nancy Mitford and a documentary series entitled The Mitford World where the marriages to Nazi officers was discussed .. **John succeeded his father as the 4th baronet in 1964, but does not use the title. The Leon family were, until 1937, owners of Bletchley Park (having originally built it). Bletchley Park was acquired by the government & was used in the Second World War as a code-breaking centre ..

John Standing, (Sir Leon) 4th Baronet* IS STILL WITH US .. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Standing ..

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