Jessica receives a call informing her that her English cousin Emma, a music hall entertainer has died. Jessica travels to London to sort out her affairs. Emma's nearest and dearest are shocked to see the resemblance of the two, but not as shocked as Jessica is that Emma is in fact alive.
Now, where do you begin with this one, it's almost impossible to review, if you're too critical and having a bad day you'd be forgiven for giving it a 4*, on a good day you'd sing along, get absorbed in the nonsense and give it a 9*. It is definitely a marmite episode, you will (in the mood) love or hate it. On the plus side, it's pure fun, and you can see that Lansbury enjoyed every second playing two parts, her stage song is the highlight. I like the story, and I applaud the efforts to create London.
If I were being critical, London it ain't, the stock footage looks bad, and the fact that on every corner you see London taxis, London buses, Big Ben etc. London overload or what. Olivia Hussey (I wouldn't ordinarily criticise as she's in my favourite film Death on the Nile) but she's very bad, are I say it Patrick Macnee perhaps attacked the role with too much enthusiasm.
Now the worst part, the accents. Normally on the show, every British guest star sounds like they've been living at Buckhingham Palace, here they sound like bouncers from Eastenders.