despite this production have receive a number of poor review and it actually hold up quite well for it age . note also that it be not a bbc programme and it be simply license to them by granada venture when the jane austen collection be release on dvd . so how do it compare with other adaptation of the same novel . the most well know version these day be the 1995 film with amanda root a anne elliott and ciaran hind a captain frederick wentworth . that film be of course shorter but a good snapshot of the story the early version and with ann firbank and bryan marshall in the same role and have four hour to tell the story and move at a more leisurely pace . firbank be a good ten year too old for her role and but she be very good marshall be excellent a wentworth and a man disappoint in love and and bitter about interference . and hide in the cast be people who also contribute michael culver and later see in cadfael and a harvill while richard vernon and later see in the hitchhiker guide to the galaxy and a admiral croft while noel dyson and earlier in coronation street and a mrs musgrove . one criticism i do have be that the hairstyle be a bit distracting and and that the costume be awful . still and this shouldn not detract from a hugely enjoyable austen adaptation .