Persuasion

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Anne Elliot begins to suspect that she was wrong about Captain Frederick Wentworth.

Anne Elliot begins to suspect that she was wrong about Captain Frederick Wentworth. Stars Juliet Stevenson and Tim Brierley.

Louisa Musgrove has become engaged to Captain Benwick and Anne Elliot dares to hope that Captain Wentworth's affections might, once again, be hers...

The conclusion of Jane Austen's novel dramatised by Michelene Wandor.

Anne Elliot …. Juliet Stevenson
Captain Wentworth …. Tim Brierley
Jane Austen …. Sorcha Cusack
Sir Walter Elliot …. Roger Hume
Elizabeth Elliot …. Claire Faulconbridge
Mr Elliot …. Peter Harlowe
Mary Musgrove …. Kathryn Hurlbutt
Charles Musgrove …. Alister Cameron
Henrietta Musgrove …. Alison Dowling 
Mrs Musgrove …. Sheila Grant
Lady Russell …. Patricia Gallimore
Sophia Croft …. Tina Gray
Mrs Clay …. Hedli Niklaus
Mrs Smith …. Carole Boyd
Captain Harville …. Paul Alexander

Square piano (William Rolfe and Sons c 1810) played by Kenneth Mobbs

Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Vanessa Whitburn. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986.

Jane Austen: Persuasion

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Eight years after Anne rejected a marriage proposal, her former love has returned.

Eight years ago, young Anne rejected a marriage proposal from a handsome but poor naval officer. Now her former love has returned. Jane Austen dramatisation with Juliet Stevenson.

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