Persuasion
1960-61 • 1 SeasonPersuasion is a 1960 British television mini-series adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name. It was produced by the BBC and was directed by Campbell Logan. Daphne Slater stars as Anne Elliot, and Paul Daneman as Captain Frederick Wentworth. The mini-series has four episodes, each about an hour in length.
According to shmoop.com, this mini-series was possibly destroyed in the BBC clean-out of the 1970s.
Top Series Cast
Jane Hardie
as Elizabeth Elliot
Clare Austin
as Mary Musgrove
Joyce Chancellor
as Mrs. Harville
Daphne Slater
as Anne Elliot
George Curzon
as Sir Walter Elliot
Derek Blomfield
as William Elliot
Paul Daneman
as Frederick Wentworth
Diane Clare
as Henrietta Musgrove
Jill Dixon
as Louisa Musgrove
Edward Jewesbury
as Charles Musgrove
Daphne Anderson
as Mrs. Clay
Thea Holme
as Mrs. Croft
William Mervyn
as Almirante Croft
Fabia Drake
as Lady Russell
Olga Lindo
as Mrs. Musgrove
Wensley Pithey
as Mr. Musgrove
Dennis Edwards
as Coronel Wallis
David Garth
as Capitão Harville
Timothy West
as Charles Hayter
Lockwood West
as Mr. Shepherd
Brian Nissen
as Captain Benwick
Jane Wenham
as Mrs. Smith
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