Persuasion (1960 TV series)

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.

Persuasion
Written by	Jane Austen
Screenplay by	Barbara Burnham Michael Voysey
Directed by	Campbell Logan
Starring	Daphne Slater Paul Daneman
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4 (all missing)
Production
Producer	Campbell Logan
Running time	30 min. episodes (approx.)
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	30 December 1960 (1960-12-30) – 20 January 1961 (1961-01-20)

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

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