Production company Masterpiece teamed with ITV and Mammoth Screen for the Gwyneth Hughes adaptation of the Henry Fielding novel in 2021 with Solly McLeod and Sophie Wilde announced in the main roles.
The website's critical consensus reads, "Masterpiece Theater's rendition of Tom Jones may not find a novel way of making its titular Lothario more interesting, but his exploits remain good bawdy fun thanks to an appealing ensemble cast.
Up-and-coming actor Solly McLeod captures Tom's sweet nature but his chemistry with Sophia (Sophie Wilde) is non-existent, and her performance is outdone in every scene by Pearl Mackie as her maid.
"[14] Jack Seale of The Guardian wrote: "This adaptation of Henry Fielding's sexy period romance is recast as a tale of a moping wally falling for a dullard – and the spark never lights.
"[15] In the Evening Standard, Melanie McDonagh gave the series three out of five stars and wrote: "There's class and sex and money, those failsafe themes of English fiction.