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Original Air Date:
15 February 1987
(Season 3, Episode 7)
Plot:
Catherine Morland is a young women who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend...
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Imagination
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Military Officer
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England
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Completely strips Austen's satire of its spirit
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Cast
(Episode Cast) (in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Katharine Schlesinger | ... | Catherine Morland |
 | Peter Firth | ... | Henry Tilney |
| Robert Hardy | ... | General Tilney |
| Googie Withers | ... | Mrs. Allen |
| Geoffrey Chater | ... | Mr. Allen |
| Cassie Stuart | ... | Isabella Thorpe |
| Jonathan Coy | ... | John Thorpe |
| Ingrid Lacey | ... | Eleanor Tilney |
| Greg Hicks | ... | Frederick Tilney |
| Philip Bird | ... | James Morland |
| Elvi Hale | ... | Mrs. Thorpe |
| Helen Fraser | ... | Mrs. Morland |
| David Rolfe | ... | Mr. Morland |
| Elaine Ives-Cameron | ... | Marchioness |
| Angela Curran | ... | Alice |
| Tricia Morrish | ... | Miss Digby |
| Oliver Hembrough | ... | Edward Morland |
| Anne-Marie Mullane | ... | Thorpe Sisters |
 | Michelle Arthur | ... | Thorpe Sisters |
| Sarah-Jane Holm | ... | Jenny |
| Raphael Alleyne | ... | Page Boy |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Myra Carter | ... | Neighbour (uncredited) |
| Catriona Hinds | ... | Richard's Wife (uncredited) |
| Ciarán O'Reilly | ... | Passer-by (uncredited) |
| Caroline Seymour | ... | Junkie (uncredited) |
 | Teresa Yenque | ... | Indian Woman (uncredited) |
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Directed by | |||
| Giles Foster | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Jane Austen | novel | |
| Maggie Wadey | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Louis Marks | .... | producer | |
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| Ilona Sekacz | |||
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| Nat Crosby | |||
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| Robin Sales | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Cecilia Brereton | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Nicholas Rocker | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Joan Stribling | .... | makeup designer | |
Production Management | |||
| Joan Hamilton | .... | production manager | |
| Peter Kondal | .... | production manager | |
| Daphne Phipps | .... | production manager | |
Art Department | |||
| Gill Ducker | .... | properties buyer | |
| Mina Martinez | .... | graphic designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| John Crossland | .... | assistant sound recordist | |
| Ron Edmonds | .... | dubbing mixer | |
| Carole Lyon | .... | dubbing editor | |
| John Pritchard | .... | sound recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Stuart Murdoch | .... | special effects designer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Mike Machowski | .... | gaffer | |
| Steve Phillips | .... | grip | |
| John Rhodes | .... | assistant camera | |
Casting Department | |||
| Sue Whatmough | .... | casting consultant | |
Other crew | |||
| Raquel Ebbutt | .... | production assistant | |
| Susannah Maclean | .... | assistant floor manager | |
| Carolyn Montagu | .... | production associate | |
| Jacqueline Morrish | .... | assistant floor manager | |
| Sue Weston | .... | choreographer | |
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The "little shoemaker" Mr. Allen refers to while reading the newspaper is Thomas Hardy, who was tried for sedition in London in 1794 for leading a parliamentary reform movement.See more »
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Version of Northanger Abbey (2007) (TV)See more »
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The Lancer's Quadrilles: La DorsetSee more »
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Sometimes, changes to novels when they're made into films are not only necessary, but a good thing. However, in the case of Northanger Abbey, it's a very, very bad thing. Not only is the story itself ripped to shreds, but the satire is almost completely absent from the film, and it's mixture of romance and intrigue doesn't even touch upon the biting commentary that Austen put into her work. It fails to be amusing or satirical at all, and instead turns the character's fascination with her fantasy world into mostly a drama.
This affects the romance as well. It's meandering and aimless. Chemistry and interest are never established. The reasons Tilney is attracted to Catherine are completely absent from the film, leaving the audience to wonder what it is he sees in her at all.
Hopefully some day soon, we'll get a more faithful version if Austen's satire.