Jane Austen's novel Emma (1815) was released on British television in 1996 and was directed by Diarmuid Lawrence. Released the same year as Miramax's Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The dramatisation was by Andrew Davies. Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Emma. ... Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1816, about the perils of misconstrued romance. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... Jane Austens novel Emma (1815) was adapted as a feature film in 1996. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... There are several well-known people named Andrew Davies, including: Andrew Davies (writer) Andrew Davies (politician) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The adaptation will be re-aired on Friday, 6th April 2007, as part of ITV1's Jane Austen Season. ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...

Cast

• Kate Beckinsale - Emma Woodhouse
• Bernard Hepton - Mr. Woodhouse
• Mark Strong - Mr. Knightley
• Samantha Morton - Harriet Smith
• Olivia Williams - Jane Fairfax
• Samantha Bond - Miss Taylor/Mrs. Weston

Kate Beckinsale (born July 26, 1973 in London, England) is an English actress. ... Bernard Hepton (born October 19, 1925 in Bradford, England) is a British actor. ... Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia, August 1963) is an English actor of Italian / Austrian parentage. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is an English actress who has appeared in British and American films. ... Samantha Bond (born November 27, 1962) is an English actress best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the Pierce Brosnan James Bond films. ...

External links

• The Jane Austen Season - Emma at itv.com
• Emma at the Internet Movie Database