Emma (2009 TV serial)
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| Genre | Costume drama |
| Written by |
Jane Austen (novel) 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(s) | Samuel Sim |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Phillippa Giles |
| Producer(s) | George Ormond |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Original release | 4 – 25 October 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Emma is a four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma, first published in 1815. The episodes were written by Sandy Welch, acclaimed 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.
For an in-depth account of the plot, see main article: Emma (novel)
Austen's classic comic novel follows the story of the "handsome, clever and rich" Emma Woodhouse. Dominating the small provincial world of Highbury, Emma believes she is a skilled matchmaker and repeatedly attempts to pair up her friends and acquaintances. Nothing delights her more than meddling in the love lives of others. But when she takes protege Harriet Smith under her wing, her interference has a detrimental effect.
Brought up sharply against the folly of her own immaturity, the consequent crisis and her bitter regrets are brought to a happy resolution in a sharp and sparkling comedy of self-deceit and self-discovery.
Principal photography commenced with a four-day shoot in the Kent village of Chilham from 14 to 18 April 2009. Production design staff covered several roads with gravel to disguise the 21st-century road markings, and erected a fountain in the village square. Filming occurred from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day and was scheduled to coincide with the Easter school holiday to minimise local disruption. Filming continued at the parish church of St Mary the Virgin in Send, Surrey on 24 and 28 April, where scenes of a wedding and a Sunday service were completed. Further filming took place at Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent where many interior scenes were shot. The scene that shows Emma and Harriet Smith on their way to visit the poor was filmed in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The church they pass along the wooded path is St. Etheldreda Church of England.
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