Emma

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Jane Austen's novel Emma (1815) was adapted for British television in 1996, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and dramatised by Andrew Davies, the same year as Miramax's film adaptation of Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The adaptation was re-aired on 6 April 2007, as part of ITV's Jane Austen Season, and as part of PBS Masterpiece's Jane Austen marathon on March 23, 2008. It was also aired on 27th December, 2008, as a series of Christmas "specials" o... more
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Air date of first episode:

  • Nov 24, 1996

Number of seasons:

  • 1

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Andrew Davies

Andrew Wynford Davies (born 20 September 1936 in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales) is a British author and screenwriter. Davies (pronounced devɪs) attended Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff and then University College, London, where he received a B.A. in English in 1957. He took a teaching position at...
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Emma

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a comic novel about the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively 'comedy of manners'...
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