My Sense and Sensibility. When the BBC asked me to produce a small film entitled Jane Austen at the BBC I was very eager to rediscover my Sense and Sensibility.There was a lack of authenticity ...

This year is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. As well as Miss Austen, the BBC has commissioned The Other Bennet Sister, a Pride and Prejudice spin-off drama about Mary Bennet based on ...

Jane Austen scholar Kathryn Sutherland examines the trends in Austen productions from early cinema to the small screen Austen's Hollywood breakthrough came in 1940 with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s ...

The village where Jane Austen was born 250 years ago has staged a fair to celebrate. The Jane Austen Country Fair in ...

Jane Austen biographer Lucy Worsley reveals six things you might not have known about the author. ... You may be asked to set these preferences again when you visit non-AMP BBC pages.

A plaque commemorating Jane Austen has been installed at her former school 250 years on from her birth. The Pride and Prejudice author, who was born in Steventon, Hampshire, spent 18 months being ...

There is no definitive portrait of Jane Austen. No one knows exactly what she looked like. Whilst much has been written about her character and attributes, her 'real' appearance remains unclear ...

Literary lovers across the world are preparing to celebrate 250 years since the birth of one of England's most beloved authors. Jane Austen's novels - including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and ...

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius is a 72 Films production for BBC Arts and is distributed internationally by Fremantle. The series is a co-production with The Open University. Publicity contact: AM2 ...

BBC releases new pictures for Miss Austen, starring Keeley Hawes . The four-part drama will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in 2025, marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth ...

The house where Jane Austen lived for the final weeks of her life has been opened to the public for the first time. The novelist lived in a home on College Street, Winchester, until her death on ...

The drama begins in 1830, a while after Jane has died. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) races to see her young friend Isabella (Rose Leslie) who is about to lose her home following her father’s death.