Eight years before the story begins, Anne Elliod had, at the age of 19, been engaged to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. However, her father Sir Walter Elliot and family friend Lady Russell had persuaded Anne to break off the engagement and give up the man she loved.

• Persuasion
• Adrian Shergold
• Sally Hawkins
• Alice Krige
• Anthony Head
• Clerkenwell Films
• WGBH