Part 2

Marianne and Elinor are on their way to London. Marianne is desperate to see Willoughby after his abrupt departure. Elinor has discovered the devastating news of Edward’s engagement to Lucy Steele, but is determined to keep the secret. New adaptation starring Tamsin Greig, Madeleine Mantock and Rose Basista.

Sense and Sensibility is a tale of two sisters with wildly different hearts: one ruled by reason, the other by passion. But when love, loss, and scandal strike, Elinor and Marianne will learn that heartbreak is best faced together.

Radio 4 celebrates 250 years of Jane Austen with fresh, funny, and female-focused adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Expect heartbreak, hilarity, and the enduring power of sisterhood. Both dramas are narrated by Tamsin Greig as Austen herself.

CAST

Jane Austen ..... Tamsin Greig
Elinor ..... Madeleine Mantock
Marianne ..... Rose Basista
Edward Ferrars ..... Enyi Okoronkwo
John Willoughby ..... Ben Hardy
Colonel Brandon ..... Richard Goulding
Mrs Dashwood ..... Jasmine Hyde
Mrs Jennings ..... Carolyn Pickles
Sir John ..... Clive Hayward
Lucy Steele ..... Bethan Rose Young
John Dashwood ..... Django Bevan
Fanny Dashwood ..... Sasha McCabe

Production co-ordinator ..... Kate Gray
Casting Manager ..... Alex Curran
Sound ..... Andy Garratt, Neva Missirian and Sam Dickinson
Dramatist ..... Claudine Toutoungi
Director ..... Anne Isger

A BBC Studios Production.

Claudine Toutoungi is a poet and playwright. Claudine's latest poetry collection is Emotional Support Horse (2024). Her other poetry collections are Smoothie (2017) and Two Tongues (2020), which won the Ledbury Prize for Second Collection. Her poetry has been translated into Spanish and her live poetry contributions to festivals include Tongue Fu, Poetry East and appearances on BBC Radio 4. Her plays for theatre include Bit Part and Slipping and her many audio dramas for BBC Radio 4 include Deliverers, The Inheritors and The Voice in my Ear.