I found two elements of this miniseries jarring.
First, Melmotte's opponent in the parliamentary election uses the phrase "pie in the sky". This is a 20th Americanism (appearing first in Joe Hill's "The Preacher and the Slave" in a 1911 IWW songbook), not something found in England circa 1870.
Second, Davies has Melmotte speak out in parliament against protectionism. Why did Davies feel the need to hang the albatross of Melmotte around the neck of free trade?
First, Melmotte's opponent in the parliamentary election uses the phrase "pie in the sky". This is a 20th Americanism (appearing first in Joe Hill's "The Preacher and the Slave" in a 1911 IWW songbook), not something found in England circa 1870.
Second, Davies has Melmotte speak out in parliament against protectionism. Why did Davies feel the need to hang the albatross of Melmotte around the neck of free trade?