Sense and Sensibility
BBC Warner (2008)
Drama
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IMDB   8.2
2 hr 54 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Hattie Morahan Elinor Dashwood
Charity Wakefield Marianna Dashwood
Dan Stevens Edward Ferrars
Janet McTeer Mrs. Dashwood
Mark Williams Sir John Middleton
Wendy Albiston Martha
Linda Bassett Mrs. Jennings
Leo Bill Robert Ferrars
Lucy Boynton Margaret Dashwood
David Charles Dashwood's Footman
Dominic Cooper Willoughby
Steve Cornwall Referee
Robert Forknall Second
Ray Gardner Duel Doctor
Mark Gatiss John Dashwood
Director
John Alexander
Producer Anne Pivcevic
Vanessa De Sousa
Writer Jane Austen
Andrew Davies
Cinematography Sean Bobbitt
Musician Martin Phipps


[TV Miniseries] Widow Dashwood and her three unmarried daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a tiny allowance. So they move out of their grand Sussex home to a more modest cottage in Devonshire. There, the prevailing ambition is to find suitable husbands for the girls. With help from wealthy neighbor Sir John Middleton, suitors for Elinor and Marianne are soon found, but not landed. They include dashing Willoughby, future vicar Edward Ferrars and retired colonial gentleman Colonel Brandon.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/1/2008  1.  Part 1
Following the death of Mr Dashwood, his wife and three daughters - Elinor, Marianne and Margret - are forced by money constraints to move to a small cottage in Devonshire. While Elinor is attached to Edward Ferrars, who has promised to visit her, Marianne attracts the attention of older Colonel Brandon and rogue Willoughby.
Director:  John Alexander  Writer:  Jane Austen (novel)  / Andrew Davies (screenplay) 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/6/2008  2.  Part 2
Marianne and Willoughby find themselves falling in love while Colonel Brandon is called away on urgent business. Elinor is relieved when Edward comes to visit, but his strange behaviour leaves her confused. When Willoughby announces that he has to leave, Marianne waits for the day that she can go and visit him, but her world soon comes crashing down around her.
Director:  John Alexander  Writer:  Jane Austen (novel)  / Andrew Davies (screenplay) 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/13/2008  3.  Part 3
Elinor learns that Edward is engaged to Lucy Steele, while Marianne discovers the full extent of Willoughy's betrayal from Colonel Brandon and it leaves her in a downward spiral and her health takes a turn for the worse.
Director:  John Alexander  Writer:  Jane Austen (novel)  / Andrew Davies (screenplay) 
Edition Details
Edition with Miss Austen Regrets
Series Sense and Sensibility
Distributor BBC Warner
Release Date 4/8/2008
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 - Cast and crew commentary - Interviews with producer Anne Pivcevic and writer Andrew Davies - Radio play: Remembering Jane Austen - Photo gallery - Includes Miss Austen Regrets - The new BBC biopic based on the letters of Jane Austen