Emma | |
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Genre | Costume drama |
Based on | Emma by Jane Austen |
Written by | Sandy Welch |
Directed by | Jim O'Hanlon |
Starring | Romola Garai Jonny Lee Miller Michael Gambon Tamsin Greig Rupert Evans Robert Bathurst Jodhi May Louise Dylan Blake Ritson Christina Cole Laura Pyper |
Composer | Samuel Sim |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Phillippa Giles |
Producer | George Ormond |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 4 October 25 October 2009 | –
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Emma is a four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma. The episodes were written by Sandy Welch, writer of previous BBC costume dramas Jane Eyre and North & South, and directed by Jim O'Hanlon. The serial stars Romola Garai as the titular heroine Emma Woodhouse, Jonny Lee Miller as her loyal lifelong friend Mr. Knightley, and Michael Gambon as Emma's father, Mr. Woodhouse. The serial originally ran weekly on Sunday nights on BBC One from 4 to 25 October 2009.[1]