Persuasion

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. Cast Daphne Slater as Anne Elliot Paul Daneman as Captain Wentworth George Curzon as Sir Walter Elliot Jane Hardie as Elizabeth Elliot Fabia Drake as Lady Russell Thea Holme as Mrs. Croft William Mervyn as Admiral Croft Clare Austin as Mary Musgrove Edward Jewesbury as Charles Musgrove Jill Dixon as Louisa Musgrove Diane Clare as Henrietta Musgrove Timothy West as Charles Hayter Olga Lindo as Mrs. Musgrove Wensley Pithey as Mr. Musgrove Daphne Anderson as Mrs. Clay Derek Blomfield as Mr. Elliot Philip Howard as Footman Patricia Cree as the Honourable Miss Carteret Agnes Lauchlan as Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple