Sense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television serial adapted by the BBC from Jane Austen's novel of the same name. It was written by Andrew Davies and directed by John Alexander. The serial was aired on BBC One in three parts on 1, 6 and 13 January 2008. It aired the United States in two parts on PBS's "Masterpiece" series on 30 March and 6 April 2008. In Germany and France it was aired on 6 March 2009 on ARTE. Morahan described her character as "very principled very calm, rational, cautious, everything that's sensible". Wakefield said it was a "shock" on being cast, but also found it... "really exciting" to be working on the project. She described Marianne as the sister who was "youthful...romantic...and likes to defy convention" but also found her "poetic". Stevens said he was "ecstatic" at being cast in the role, although apprehensive at following in the footsteps of Hugh Grant who played the role in the 1995 adaptation by Ang Lee. He described Ferrars as a man "frustrated by circumstances". The series was written by Andrew Davies, the writer of a number of highly acclaimed BBC costume-dramas including Pride and Prejudice and Bleak House.
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