Persuasion
For BBC Four’s The Read, Monica Dolan narrates the much-loved Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Client: Rural Studios / BBC Arts
Sector: Narrative (63 Mins)
Services: Sound Design & Mix
SYNOPSIS
Jane Austen’s final novel, it marked a new maturity in her writing. Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth were engaged to be married at a relatively young age, but Anne is persuaded to call it off by firends and family.
They meet again after being apart for eight years, affording them another chance to rekindle their relationship.
SOUND DESIGN
A period piece, this episode genearlly features quite delicate sound design. In the early stages we added cloth and footsteps foley for the character cutaways.
There are vehicle sounds such as the horse and carriage, and as the second half of the novel is set in and around Lyme there are lots of coastal sounds.
CREDITS
Starring - Monica Dolan
Director - Kieran Stringfellow
Series Producer - Julie Colman
Producer - Natasha Williams
Production Company - Rural Studios
Director of Photography - Luke Collins
Location Sound - Jake McKenzie-Hayes
Production Design - Prop-It Creative
Editor - Dave Jones
Colourist - Vic Parker
Stills Photography - Dan Ollerhead
Composer - Tic Ashfield
Sound Design & Mix - Brian Lane
Post Production Manager - Rich Hankins
Commissioning Editor - Stephen James-Yeoman
Executive Producer - Grant Black
BROADCAST
Originally broadcast on BBC Four at 8pm, Sunday 18th December 2025.
Now available on BBC iPlayer.