Love in a Cold Climate (2001 TV series)    Love in a Cold Climate is a British television serial drama produced by the BBC in association with WGBH Boston, and first broadcast in two parts on BBC One on 4 and 11 February 2001. The series was adapted by Deborah Moggach from Nancy Mitford's novels "The Pursuit of Love" and "Love in a Cold Climate", and was directed by Tom Hooper. It stars Rosamund Pike as Fanny, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh as Linda, Megan Dodds as Polly, Alan Bates as Uncle Matthew, and Celia Imrie as Aunt Sadie. The production staff researched the background to Mitford's novels by interviewing her surviving sister Deborah. The series was accompanied by an "Omnibus" profile of Mitford and a documentary series entitled "The Mitford World" on BBC Knowledge. "Love in a Cold Climate" was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards; Bates was nominated for Best Actor, and the production team received nominations in the Costume Design and Production Design categories. An earlier adaptation of "Love in a Cold Climate" was broadcast in eight episodes in 1980, starring Judi Dench, Michael Aldridge, and Vivian Pickles.