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Masterpiece Classic: Emma - Part III

A lavish new adaptation of one of Jane Austen’s most popular novels stars Romola Garai as the “handsome, clever and rich” heroine, Emma Woodhouse.
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A lavish new adaptation of one of Jane Austen’s most popular novels stars Romola Garai as the “handsome, clever and rich” heroine, Emma Woodhouse.

Airs Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

A fiercely funny four-hour adaptation of Jane Austen’s delightful love story stars Romola Garai ("Atonement") as a young woman whose attempts to play Cupid go disastrously awry. Rich, beautiful and hopelessly self-deluded, Emma Woodhouse can’t help meddling in the romantic life of others while neglecting her own. Jonny Lee Miller (“Endgame,” “Eli Stone”) stars as Emma’s stalwart friend, Mr. Knightley, with Michael Gambon (“Cranford,” "Harry Potter") as her doom-obsessed father.

In this episode: How will Jane Austen, the master of happy endings, tie up the tangled affairs of her heroines Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith and Jane Fairfax? And what will she do about those mystifying men, Mr. Knightley and Frank Churchill?

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