Sense and Sensibility: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Widow Dashwood and her three unmarried daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a tiny allowance. So they move out of their grand Sussex home to a more modest cottage in Devonshire. There, the prevailing ambition is to find suitable husbands for the girls. With help from wealthy neighbor Sir John Middleton, suitors for Elinor and Marianne are soon found, but not landed. They include dashing Willoughby, future vicar Edward Ferrars and retired colonial gentleman Colonel Brandon.

Series details

• Title: Sense and Sensibility
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2008-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-01-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 20810
• IMDb ID: tt0847150
• TVDB ID: 81517

Cast and credited roles

• Hattie Morahan — Elinor Dashwood
• Charity Wakefield — Marianne Dashwood
• David Morrissey — Colonel Brandon
• Janet McTeer — Mrs. Dashwood
• Dan Stevens — Edward Ferrars
• Anna Madeley — Lucy Steele
• Dominic Cooper — Willoughby
• Mark Williams — Sir John Middleton

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-01-01; final listed air date 2008-01-13; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sense and Sensibility on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.