The Girls of Slender Means(1975)

The Girls of Slender Means is a 1975 BBC drama mini-series adapted from Muriel Spark's novel. Set in a London boarding house during 1945, the three-part serial follows a group of young women navigating friendship, ambition and survival in the final months of World War II. The narrative is framed by a mysterious death that takes place fifteen years later in 1960, casting a shadow over the characters' youthful days and hinting at darker secrets beneath their genteel lives. Spark's sharp wit and keen eye for social detail shine through as the women's interconnected stories unfold, revealing how their wartime bonds and choices would ultimately shape their futures.