The Wind in the Willows (BBC1) was softly magical and star-studded. This most English of furry tales was shot in Romania with Canadian and Irish money, but the stars were all ours. I am resistant to Matt Lucas as some germs are to antibiotics - it's not the germ's fault nor the antibiotic's - but, like all comics, he can act. Bob Hoskins was a revelation as Badger. I have been recasting it from the Commons. Would you say Boris Johnson or John Prescott as Toad? Ann Widdecombe as the washerwoman? The weasels and stoats present no problem at all. I am, however, having great difficulty with the modest and endearing Mole.
