Emma

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Jane Austen: Emma: Episode 1: 1. The Matchmaker

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Episode 1: 1. The Matchmaker

1. The Matchmaker

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Jane Austen, Emma, 1. The Matchmaker

Emma Woodhouse is a woman so blessed by life that she declares she will never marry.

Emma Woodhouse is a woman so blessed by life that she declares she will never marry. Stars Eve Best and Robert Bathurst.

Emma Woodhouse - handsome, clever and rich - is a young woman so blessed by life that she declares she will never marry. 

However, she is determined to find the right match for her new friend Harriet Smith. 

Jane Austen's sparkling comedy of love and marriage first published in 1815. 

Emma Woodhouse    ......    Eve Best 
Mr Elton    ......    David Bamber
Mr Knightley    ......    Robert Bathurst 
Mr Woodhouse    ......    Norman Rodway 
Miss Bates    ......    Marcia Warren 
Mrs Weston    ......    Patience Tomlinson 
Harriet Smith    ......    Ellie Beaven 
Mr Weston    ......    Andrew Wincott
Jane Fairfax    ......    Beth Chalmers 
Frank Churchill    ......    Tom Hollander  

Dramatised in two parts by April de Angelis. 

Music:  Martin Souter and Sarah Stowe 

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.

Jane Austen: Emma

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Dramatisation of the classic tale of love and marriage, with Eve Best and Robert Bathurst

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