Persuasion Screen Two : Season 11 Episode 3
TV-14 BBC Two 2h 00m int(0)
Aired: April 6th, 1997 @ 10:00 PM EST on BBC Two
Based on the novel by Jane Austen, this period movie tells the story of Anne Elliot, spinster daughter of a British nobleman. Anne is unduly influenced by her society-oriented family's preference for a gentleman match and turns away a love interest, only to cross paths with him again seven years later. The movie explores societal conventions around marriage and class in 19th century England.