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[[Jane Austen]]'s novel '''''[[Emma]]''''' (1815) was released as a six-part TV serial by the [[BBC]] in 1972.
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| writer = Denis Constanduros
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'''''Emma''''' was a six-part TV serial adaptation of [[Jane Austen]]'s 1815 novel ''[[Emma (novel)|Emma]]'' by [[BBC Television]] that was broadcast in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2254b0a4289048b981e099030978d362|title=Emma: Part 1|date=20 July 1972|issue=2540|pages=35|publisher=BBC Genome|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=22 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622235335/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2254b0a4289048b981e099030978d362|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a467021630ee45da8b329d775c458ce8|title=Emma: Part 6|date=24 August 1972|issue=2545|pages=43|publisher=BBC Genome|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=22 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622235258/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a467021630ee45da8b329d775c458ce8|url-status=live}}</ref> It was directed by [[John Glenister]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cc68316|title=Emma Part 6 (1972)|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505112539/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cc68316|url-status=dead}}</ref>
This dramatization brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's arguably finest novel Emma, recreating her most irritatingly endearing female character, of whom she wrote "no one but myself could like."


This dramatisation brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's novel ''Emma'', recreating the female character of whom she wrote "no one but myself could like."
Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. The often insensitive, well-meaning, incorrigible Emma Woodhouse having engineered the marriage of governess, companion and friend Miss Taylor, now turns her attention towards making a match for Mr Elton, the local vicar, and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger.


Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she finds that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. Often insensitive, well-meaning and incorrigible, having engineered the marriage of her governess, companion and friend Miss Taylor, she now turns her attention towards making a match for the local vicar Mr Elton and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement but sometimes with real anger. Alongside, the lives of other characters proceed in ways not always understood by Emma, and she has many lessons to learn before the end of the story.
==Cast and crew==
*[[Doran Godwin]] – Emma Woodhouse
*[[John Carson (actor)|John Carson]] – Mr Knightley
*[[Donald Eccles]] – Mr Woodhouse
*[[Constance Chapman]] – Miss Bates
*[[Robert East (actor)|Robert East]] – Frank Churchill
*[[Ania Marson]] – Jane Fairfax
*Ellen Dryden – Mrs Weston
*Raymond Adamson – Mr Weston
*[[Fiona Walker]] – Mrs Elton
*Timothy Peters – Mr Elton
*Debbie Bowen – Harriet Smith
*[[John Alkin]] – Robert Martin
*Mary Holder – Mrs Bates
*Vivienne Moore – Williams
*Amber Thomas – Patty
*[[Hilda Fenemore]] – Mrs Cole
*[[Norman Atkyns]] – Shop Assistant
*Belinda Tighe – Isabella Knightley
*Yves Tighe – John Knightley
*The Tighe Family – The Knightley Children
*[[Mollie Sugden]] – Mrs Goddard
*Lala Lloyd – Mrs Ford
*Marian Tanner – Betty Bickerton
*Sam Williams – Gypsy Boy
*Tom McCall, David Butt, Christopher Green – Musicians
*Lennox Phillips – Script Editor
*Geraldine Stephenson – Choreographer
*Ken Westbury – Film Cameraman
*Derek Medus – Sound
*Clare Douglas – Film Editor
*Joan Ellacott – Costume Designer
*Pam Meager – Makeup
*Richie Richardson – Lighting
*Colin Dickson – Sound
*Tim Harvey – Designer
*Martin Lisemore – Producer
*[[John Glenister]] – Director
*Denis Costanduros – Dramatisation


== Cast and crew ==
==External links==
* [[Doran Godwin]] – [[Emma Woodhouse]]
{{Portal|Jane Austen}}
* [[John Carson (actor)|John Carson]] – [[George Knightley]]
*{{imdb title|id=0068068|title=Emma}}
* [[Donald Eccles]] – [[Mr Woodhouse]]
* [[Constance Chapman]] – [[Miss Bates]]
* [[Robert East (actor)|Robert East]] – Frank Churchill
* [[Ania Marson]] – Jane Fairfax
* Ellen Dryden – Mrs Weston
* [[Raymond Adamson]] – [[Mr. Weston]]
* [[Fiona Walker]] – Mrs Elton
* Timothy Peters – Mr Elton
* Debbie Bowen – Harriet Smith
* [[John Alkin]] – Robert Martin
* Mary Holder – Mrs Bates
* Vivienne Moore – Williams
* Amber Thomas – Patty
* [[Hilda Fenemore]] – Mrs Cole
* Norman Atkyns – Shop Assistant
* Meg Gleed – Isabella Knightley<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baf1f2d80|title=Meg Gleed|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415154646/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baf1f2d80|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* John Kelland – John Knightley<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba6fae06c|title=John Kelland|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416051143/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba6fae06c|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Belinda Tighe, Yves Tighe, Arran Tighe, Emma Horton – The Knightley Children
* [[Mollie Sugden]] – Mrs Goddard
* Lala Lloyd – Mrs Ford
* Marian Tanner – Betty Bickerton
* Sam Williams – Gypsy Boy
* Tom McCall, David Butt, Christopher Green – Musicians


== References ==
{{Jane Austen}}
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[[Category:Television programmes based on works by Jane Austen]]


== External links ==
[[de:Emma (1972)]]
{{Portal|Novels|Literature}}
[[fr:Emma (série télévisée, 1972)]]
* {{IMDb title|id=0068068|title=Emma}}
[[ru:Эмма (телесериал, 1972)]]

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Latest revision as of 16:43, 4 August 2024

Emma
Based onEmma
by Jane Austen
Written byDenis Constanduros
Directed byJohn Glenister
StarringDoran Godwin
John Carson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerMartin Lisemore
Running time45 mins per episode
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release20 July (1972-07-20) –
24 August 1972 (1972-08-24)

Emma was a six-part TV serial adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma by BBC Television that was broadcast in 1972.[1][2] It was directed by John Glenister.[3]

This dramatisation brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's novel Emma, recreating the female character of whom she wrote "no one but myself could like."

Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she finds that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. Often insensitive, well-meaning and incorrigible, having engineered the marriage of her governess, companion and friend Miss Taylor, she now turns her attention towards making a match for the local vicar Mr Elton and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement but sometimes with real anger. Alongside, the lives of other characters proceed in ways not always understood by Emma, and she has many lessons to learn before the end of the story.

Cast and crew

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References

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  1. ^ "Emma: Part 1". BBC Genome. 20 July 1972. p. 35. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Emma: Part 6". BBC Genome. 24 August 1972. p. 43. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Emma Part 6 (1972)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Meg Gleed". Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ^ "John Kelland". Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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