Emma (1996 TV drama)

Not to be confused with Emma (1996 film).

Jane Austen's novel Emma (1815) was adapted for British television in 1996, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and dramatised by Andrew Davies, the same year as Miramax's film adaptation of Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow.

The adaptation was re-aired on 6 April 2007, as part of ITV's Jane Austen Season, and as part of PBS Masterpiece's Jane Austen marathon on March 23, 2008. It was also aired on 27th December, 2008, as a series of Christmas "specials" on BBC One.

The film was released on DVD in 1999.

Cast

• Kate Beckinsale — Emma Woodhouse
• Bernard Hepton — Mr. Woodhouse
• Mark Strong — George Knightley
• Samantha Morton — Harriet Smith
• Olivia Williams — Jane Fairfax
• James Hazeldine — Mr. Weston
• Samantha Bond — Miss Taylor/Mrs. Weston
• Raymond Coulthard — Frank Churchill
• Dominic Rowan — Mr. Elton
• Lucy Robinson — Mrs. Elton
• Prunella Scales — Miss Bates
• Sylvia Barter — Mrs. Bates
• Guy Henry — John Knightley
• Dido Miles — Isabella Knightley
• Alistair Petrie — Robert Martin

Filming locations

• Broughton Castle, Banbury – (Donwell Abbey)
• Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire — (Donwell Abbey exteriors)
• Trafalgar Park, Salisbury — (Hartfield)
• Dorney Court, Dorney, Buckinghamshire — (Randalls)
• Lacock, Wiltshire — (Highbury Village)
• Thame Park, Oxfordshire — (Abbey Mill Farm, Hartfield interiors, etc)

See also

• Clueless (film)—a derivative 1995 American comedy film
• Aisha (film)—a derivative 2010 Bollywood film

External links

• Emma at the Internet Movie Database