In 1995, BBC had already commissioned Sandy Welch to write the script for an "Emma" mini-series. However, since Miramax and also Meridien were producing their own movies for cinema and television, respectively, the BBC cancelled its own project. More than ten years later, the production was revived.
Jonny Lee Miller and Blake Ritson played Edmund Bertram in adaptations of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.
Romola Garai and Laura Pyper did their own singing.
The cake served at Mr. and Mrs. Weston's wedding was created using the "Cathedral Bundt Pan" manufactured by Nordic Ware®.