Starting on 24 November 2024, we will be reading through Persuasion. In every episode, we will be covering two or three chapters of the book, and also looking at one character in detail, and some aspect of the historical context. Each episode will finish with a discussion about one or more of the adaptations (or modernisations or continuations or variations) of the book.
Below is the planned breakdown of episodes, although it is subject to change.
| Episode | Character | Historical | Popular culture |
| Episode 1: Chapters 1-3 | Sir Walter Elliot | Baronets | Persuasion (1971, BBC) [Watch on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2] |
| Episode 2: Chapters 4-6 | Lady Russell | Social precedence | Novela: Persuasión (1972, TVE) [Watch on YouTube] |
| Episode 3: Chapters 7-8 Not yet released | Captain Wentworth | The Navy | Persuasion (1995, BBC Film) [Watch on YouTube] |
| Episode 4: Chapters 9-10 Not yet released | Louisa and Henrietta | Curates | Persuasion (2007, Clerkenwell Films) [Watch on YouTube] |
| Episode 5: Chapters 11-12 Not yet released | Naval officers | Poetry | Persuasion (2022, Netflix) |
| Episode 6: Chapters 13-15 Not yet released | Mr and Mrs Musgrove | Bath (to be confirmed) | Rational Creatures (2019, YouTube) |
| Episode 7: Chapters 16-18 Not yet released | Admiral and Mrs Croft | To be decided | Modern Persuasion (2020, Tangerine Entertainment) |
| Episode 8: Chapters 19-20 Not yet released | Elizabeth Elliot | Bath Assembly Rooms (to be confirmed) | Persuasion (2023) |
| Episode 9: Chapter 21 and the cancelled chapter 22 Not yet released | Mr Elliot | To be decided | Reflecting on screen adaptations |
| Episode 10: Chapter 22 Not yet released | Mary and Charles | Engagements (to be confirmed) | Book modernisations |
| Episode 11: Chapters 23-24 Not yet released | Anne Elliot | The Navy after the Napoleonic wars | Retellings from another point of view |