This is a third-rate British costume/period drama of the sort that PBS swoons for; unfortunately it's cheaply produced and--at a time when the film version of Testament of Youth has been just released--shockingly bad by comparison. This is really about a field hospital's bunch of nurses and their romances and feuds. Occasionally a wounded Tommy drops in for colorful effect. Many close-ups of agonized female faces, all in emotional pain. At the very least see the movie of Testament. Much better would be to read Vera Brittain's book, which is as good as or better than the traditional 'must read' of WWI, Robert Graves's Goodbye To All That.
Review of The Crimson Field
