Two sisters of opposing temperaments find love and some heartbreak in Jane Austen's 18th century classic.
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Jane Austen's classic tale of two very different sisters. Tracey Childs plays the young Marianne, with her passionate hunger for emotional experience & Irene Richard plays her sister Elinor, ...
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Marianne cannot understand Elinor's philosophical acceptance of their new lives at Barton Cottage as her own heart is breaking for their beloved house at Norwood.
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Just as it seems that Willoughby and Marianne must be about to announce their engagement, he departs for London, leaving her bewildered and desolate.
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| Irene Richard | ... | Elinor Dashwood 7 episodes, 1981 | |
| Tracey Childs | ... | Marianne Dashwood 7 episodes, 1981 | |
| Annie Leon | ... | Mrs. Jennings 7 episodes, 1981 | |
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Robert Swann | ... | Colonel Brandon 6 episodes, 1981 |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Sir John Middleton 5 episodes, 1981 | |
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Marjorie Bland | ... | Lady Middleton 5 episodes, 1981 |
| Bosco Hogan | ... | Edward Ferrars 5 episodes, 1981 | |
| Peter Woodward | ... | John Willoughby 4 episodes, 1981 | |
| John Owens | ... | Tom 4 episodes, 1981 | |
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Gina Rowe | ... | Susan 4 episodes, 1981 |
| Diana Fairfax | ... | Mrs. Dashwood 4 episodes, 1981 | |
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Peter Gale | ... | John Dashwood 3 episodes, 1981 |
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The Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, must search for a new house with their mother; their former home and the majority of the money having been inherited by their half-brother at the passing of their father. The family is given the lease of a cottage by a kind cousin. Disciplined and restrained Elinor forms an attachment to quiet Edward Ferrars, while her impetuous and emotional sister Marianne falls for dashing John Willoughby. However, the Dashwoods' lack of fortune and the strict social structure of 18th century England affects the marriage prospects of both sisters. Written by L. Hamre
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Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Filmed in Devon over a particularly wet summer. Most of the scenes that take place in the rain were naturally occurring. See more »Goofs
The fine mesh diffusing filter is very clearly visible in many exterior and interior scenes - it is very distracting. See more »Soundtracks
Piano Sonatina in G Major: II. Rondo - AllegroComposed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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The advantage this television version has over the later 1995 film version directed by Ang Lee is that due to its length it allows more important scenes to be shown. This good BBC version keeps in the visit of Edward Ferrers to Barton Cottage and of Willoughby to see Marianne when she is ill. It also deletes the third sister Margaret, which I think is to the good.
It is important when doing Jane Austen not to over act, as suppression makes for tension, and in this the actors do a fine job. The scenes between Elinor Dashwood and Lucy Steele are excellent, seething and polite at the same time. Julia Chambers as Lucy Steele is excellent and equally as good as Imogen Stubbs in the 1995 film.
The male actors are not all bland, Donald Douglas gives a jolly performance and Peter Gale is perfectly unctuous as John Dashwood, but also sympathetic, caught as he is between a domineering wife and mother in law. Bosco Hogan and Robert Swann are a bit dull however.
This is not a sumptuous Hollywood version but fine on its own terms.