Anya Taylor-Joy gives a wonderful performance in the title role of this Jane Austen adaptation as a well-meaning but proud young woman who enjoys playing match-maker without proper concern for the feelings of those involved. Bill Nighy plays Emma's father to perfection. Fans of the book will be pleased.

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Ann is 23 with two young children, married to her high school love and, though life is poor and her job soulless, she is comfortable in the knowledge that there is still plenty of time to fulfil her dreams. A medical check-up, however, causes Ann's presumptions to collapse around her, but rather than wallow in self pity she decides to set about doing all the things she'd wanted, whilst putting in place a world for those she loves that will last long after the little time that is left to her. My find out more...

The Wordsmith himself, Alan Bennett, brings 6 more monologues to the screen depicting simple suburban lives in all their normally unexpressed intricacy with the characters inhabited by some of the very best actors in British Television. Thoughtful, insightful, touching, witty and perceptive, very few writers have Bennett's warmth and understanding. find out more...