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Jane Austen's Persuasion

on BBC Two England

A film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the enduring power of love, showing as part of the Screen Two season.

England, 1814: having been "persuaded" several years earlier to reject the proposal of a young naval officer, Anne Elliot suddenly finds him back in her life.
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Contributors

Screenplay:
Nick Dear
Based on the novel by:
Jane Austen
Producer:
Fiona Finlay
Director:
Roger Michell
Anne Elliot:
Amanda Root
Captain Wentworth:
Ciaran Hinds
Lady Russell:
Susan Fleetwood
Sir Walter Elliot:
Corin Redgrave
Mrs Croft:
Fiona Shaw
Admiral Croft:
John Woodvine
Elizabeth Elliot:
Phoebe Nicholls
Mr Elliot:
Samuel West
Mary Musgrove:
Sophie Thompson
Mrs Musgrove:
Judy Cornwell
Charles Musgrove:
Simon Russell Beale
Mrs Clay:
Felicity Dean
Mr Musgrove:
Roger Hammond
Louisa Musgrove:
Emma Roberts
Henrietta Musgrove:
Victoria Hamilton
Captain Harville:
Robert Glenister
Captain Benwick:
Richard McCabe
Mrs Smith:
Helen Schlesinger
Nurse Rooke:
Jane Wood
Mr Shepherd:
David Collings
Lady Dalrymple:
Darlene Johnson
Miss Carteret:
Cinnamon Faye
Henry Hayter:
Isaac Maxwell-Hunt
Sir Henry Willoughby:
Roger Llewellyn
Mrs Harville:
Sally George

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