''Sense and Sensibility'' is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

's 1811 novel. The seven-part series was dramatized by Alexander Baron, and directed by Rodney Bennett. This telling of the tale omits the character of Margaret Dashwood, the younger sister of Elinor and Marianne. It has been remastered.

Cast

* Irene Richard –

Elinor Dashwood Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character and the protagonist of Jane Austen's 1811 novel ''Sense and Sensibility''. In this novel, Austen analyses the conflict between the opposing temperaments of sense (logic, propriety, and thoughtfulness, as ...

* Tracey Childs – Marianne Dashwood * Bosco Hogan – Edward Ferrars * Robert Swann –

Colonel Brandon Colonel Brandon is a fictional character in Jane Austen's 1811 novel ''Sense and Sensibility''. A quiet and reserved man, he forms an attachment to the middle Dashwood sister, Marianne whom he eventually marries happily. Background The younger ...

* Diana Fairfax – Mrs. Dashwood * Donald Douglas – Sir John Middleton * Annie Leon – Mrs. Jennings * Peter Woodward – John Willoughby * Marjorie Bland – Lady Middleton * Peter Gale – John Dashwood *

Amanda Boxer Amanda Boxer (born 1948) is an English theatre, television, and film actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998). Early life Boxer was born in London, the daughter of English scholar C.R. Boxer an ...

– Fanny Dashwood * Christopher Brown – Mr. Palmer * Hetty Baynes – Charlotte Palmer * Julia Chambers – Lucy Steele * Pippa Sparkes – Ann Steele * Philip Bowen – Robert Ferrars * Margot Van der Burgh – Mrs. Ferrars

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