Emma (1972 TV serial)
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]
| Emma | |
|---|---|
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| Based on | Emma by Jane Austen |
| Written by | Jane Austen (novel) Denis Constanduros (dramatization) |
| Directed by | John Glenister |
| Starring | Doran Godwin John Carson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Martin Lisemore |
| Running time | 45 mins per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC2 |
| Original release | 20 July – 24 August 1972 |
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."
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.
Cast and crew
- Doran Godwin – Emma Woodhouse
- John Carson – George Knightley
- Donald Eccles – Mr Woodhouse
- Constance Chapman – Miss Bates
- 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[4]
- John Kelland – John Knightley[5]
- 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
- "Emma: Part 1". BBC Genome. 20 July 1972. p. 35. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Emma: Part 6". BBC Genome. 24 August 1972. p. 43. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Emma Part 6 (1972)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Meg Gleed". Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "John Kelland". Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.