Although shown part of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries strand. The Orchard Walls is a very different kind of story from her. With themes of sexual awakening and illicit liaisons during World War 2.
Jenny (Honeysuckle Weeks) is a teenager sent to live with relatives in the country during the Blitz. They run a farm.
Although Jenny is daunted by her experience as she does not know these relatives well. At least she has her books, she is reading Romeo & Juliet.
Aunt Ella seems abrasive towards her. Her husband is serving in North Africa. However Jenny soon learns that Ella is having an affair with a handsome RAF pilot who is convalescing.
The rest of the family suspect of the affair. Uncle Daniel whose brother Ella is married to. He seems to be always following Ella about.
The story is more about Jenny's maturity. She seems to be infatuated by the pilot as well. The local farm hand expresses an interest in her.
One morning Jenny wakes up believes that he has been killed but it turns out to be a scarecrow in a tree. Not the body of the pilot.
That might be foreshadowing as he has been called up back to service and rapidly leaves. Leaving Aunt Ella miserable and her husband is due back on leave as well.
I think the story would had worked better as a stand alone film rather than a Ruth Rendell mystery.