1. The Matchmaker

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Emma Woodhouse - handsome, clever and rich - is a young woman so blessed by life that she declares she will never marry. However, she is determined to find the right match for her new friend Harriet Smith... Jane Austen's sparkling comedy of love and marriage, first published in 1815. Starring Eve Best, Tom Hollander and Robert Bathurst. Dramatised in two parts by April de Angelis. Emma Woodhouse ...... Eve Best Mr Elton ...... David Bamber Mr Knightley ...... Robert Bathurst Mr Woodhouse ...... Norman Rodway Miss Bates ...... Marcia Warren Mrs Weston ...... Patience Tomlinson Harriet Smith ...... Ellie Beaven Mr Weston ...... Andrew Wincott Jane Fairfax ...... Beth Chalmers Frank Churchill ...... Tom Hollander Music: Martin Souter and Sarah Stowe Director: Jonquil Panting First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.