15 AUGUST 1987, page 39

Television

Snowstorm in Cumbria Peter Levi A t times even the prettiest television set becomes so frustrating that one longs for it to have a hood like a parrot. Its baleful, blind plastic......

Cinema

Jean de Florette (PG', Curzon Mayfair) Nature's justice Hilary Mantel T he action of this film takes place in Provence during the 1920s, but until the arrival of Jean himself,......