1. Northanger Abbey (1986) A BBC production
directed by: Giles Foster (TV)
Main characters:
Catherine Morland -
Katharine Schlesinger
Henry Tilney -
Peter Firth

2. Catherine (17) is interested in reading Gothic novels
She imagines all sorts of cruel happenings e.g. getting caught by a man who looks like a vampire, Cathy= victim
She is invited to Bath with Mr and Mrs Allen
At a ball she meets Mr Tilney and is head over heels in love
Her brother is in love with Isabella Thorpe, a false-faced woman
Isabella’s brother tells lies about Catherine
Catherine is invited to Northanger Abbey
She suspects Mr Tilney’s father to be a murderer
Mr Tilney catches her spying in the abbey
Though they like one another, they are separated by Mr Tilney’s father (due to lies by Mr Thorpe)
At the end Mr Tilney is allowed to propose to Catherine

4. Persuasion (2007) directed by Adrian Shergold (TV, actor)
broadcast on ITV in April 2007
main characters:
Anne Elliot –
Sally Hawkins
Captain Frederick Wentworth –
Rupert Penry-Jones

5. Anne fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth when she was 19
She was persuaded not to marry him (no rank/fortune)
8 years later she still loves him and regrets her decision
They meet again; see each other quite often in Bath
He is now a wealthy man and is interested in women much younger than Anne
Frederick notices that he still has feelings for Anne
Anne receives a proposal by Mr William Elliott
Frederick thinks he is too late to propose to her himself
… see what the ending is (and have a look at the beautiful Royal Crescent of Bath)!