Emma (2009)

Directed by

Jim O'Hanlon

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

L

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 144 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who is clever and well-meaning but also meddlesome tries to arrange the love lives of her friends and neighbors in a small English village. She often misunderstands situations and causes more confusion than she solves.

lightheartedromanticwittycharminggentlewhimsicalobservational

What happens

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. Critical reception to the series was generally positive, especially the first episode, with many of the main actors being praised. Later episodes attracted fewer viewers, and some critics felt that the initial tone was not maintained; alternatively, the lower figures may have been due to a scheduling conflict with the very popular X Factor on ITV1. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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