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Persuasion (1960 TV series)

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Persuasion
Written byJane Austen
Screenplay byBarbara Burnham
Michael Voysey
Directed byCampbell Logan
StarringDaphne Slater
Paul Daneman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4 (all missing)
Production
ProducerCampbell Logan
Running time30 min. episodes (approx.)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release30 December 1960 (1960-12-30) –
20 January 1961 (1961-01-20)

Persuasion is a 1960 British television mini-series adaptation of the 1817 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 half an hour in length.

According to shmoop.com, this mini-series was most likely destroyed in the BBC clean-out of the 1970s.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Persuasion". Shmoop. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
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