The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture.
I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the old world.
Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails, or cars slamming into each other or burning buildings. It's a general clean-out.
Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.
We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves.
I think American television changed world television in its reinvention of the series.