Oscar-winner Judi Dench stars in this four-part adaptation of the Brit-chick novel by Catherine Heath. Bridget is a middle-class, middle-aged woman who behaves impeccably when her husband of 20 years comes up with a solution to their humdrum lives: Bridget can move out while he marries the younger woman with whom he's been having an affair. After five years of meek acceptance, Bridget breaks out of her drab existence and starts living on her own terms. With hilarious turns by Gwen Watfordias Bridget's former mother-in-law and Joely Richardson as a prematurely burned-out schoolteacher, the drama examines the nature of family and the thrilling freedom of nonconformity after years of boring sensible living.