Scripts and filming schedules from an award-winning Jane Austen adaptation have been bought at auction by one of Bath's tourist attractions.

The Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street beat off several other bidders from around the world to secure memorabilia connected with the BBC's 1995 production of Persuasion.

The production starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds includes many scenes shot in Bath and tells the story of the love which develops between Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth.

Persuasion was the last novel written by Austen - who lived in the city at the beginning of the 19th Century - and was published in 1818, a year after the author's death.

The memorabilia also included signed photos of the main cast and was sold to raise money for Weldmar Hospice in Dorchester.

Centre director David Baldock said: "We are really thrilled to have secured these items as not only does the production have connections with Bath, but Amanda Root appeared at our very first Jane Austen Festival and has given the centre much support over the years."

The memorabilia will form part of a future exhibition at the centre focussing on the production, which won the Bafta TV award for best single drama in 1995.