The two women bought voraciously, commissioning and resetting jewels with abandon. Mrs Greville frequented the likes of Cartier, Fabergé and Garrard, had her pearls restrung yearly and remodelled her ...

Glenda Jackson (Alex Greville), Peter Finch (Daniel Hirsh), Murray Head (Bob Elkin), Peggy Ashcroft (Mrs. Greville), Maurice Denham (Mr. Greville), Vivian Pickles (Alva Hodson), Frank Windsor (Bill ...