Even though screenwriter Andrew Davies already has a reputation for sexing up classic novels (need I mention Darcy climbing out the water with a see-through shirt in Pride & Prejudice), he could do little more to the already very risqué Lady Chatterley's Lover to make it his own "sexed-up" version. Instead, he opts not for the book as the setting, but the scandalous court case that surrounded Penguin's publication of the book in the autumn of 1960. With the stage set for the most controversial obscenity trial on record, Andrew Davies has created another love story with echoes of the D.H. Lawrence novel. This novel becomes the preoccupation of the jurors (two in particular) who attempt to judge whether the book should be banned. Through the courtrooms and corridors of the Old Bailey, two of the jurors who have been assigned to the trial, Keith and Helena (all jurors have been fictionalised) start to find a connection, both with the book then with each other. What follows are longing glances, insinuating conversations, suggestive references to "game keepers" and Lady Chatterley, then outright onscreen sex. Lots of it. As you watch you realise that anything but an "18" classification for this made for TV drama would be impossible. Strong, graphic and extended sex scenes then marry together with the utterance of very strong language. Although this may appear shocking at first (even to the least naive of viewers) the sexual content is never sordid, and the frequent use of the strongest expletives are mostly used in context of the novel. Davies has a way of writing that completely captures you, with the dialogue very natural but never dull. Lawrences' characters are cleverly recreated within Keith and Helena, who find themselves being consumed by the actions of Lady Chatterley on the page, and what they can do with each other, both in a sexual and emotional sense. Rafe Spall (son of Timothy) and Louise Delamere both act out their likeable, complex characters very well, especially Delamere, who always gives her characters that often needed, but rarely seen bubbling undercurrent of emotion (usually been seen within the eyes). This is a well made and stylishly filmed piece of period drama that depicts both a historical trial of a notorious book and the passionate affair of two young lovers. Fortunately the sex doesn't steel any action away from the court room, as witness after witness (including a lecturer played by David Tennant) defends the book on grounds of literary merit. These do occasionally get repetitive (a desired effect no doubt) but doesn't effect the overall feel to this well worth seeing one-off drama.