Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advise of Mrs. Smiley (Lumley) and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives. Fancying herself a writer, Flora encounters perfect material for her novel in the humorously odd collection of rural characters. In her own inimitable way, Flora insists on creating order out of their chaos, and in the process, she fills their lives with light and laughter. Also starring Rufus Sewell (Carrington), Ian M^cKellen (Richard III, Restoration), Stephen Fry (Peter's Friends) and Eileen Atkins.