The Jane Austen Season

The Jane Austen Season

"The Jane Austen Season" was a British television series of dramas based on novels by Jane Austen. The season began on ITV at 9 p.m. on Sunday 18 March 2007, with "Mansfield Park". "Northanger Abbey" aired the following week, with "Persuasion" ending the season on Sunday 1 April 2007. A repeat of the 1996 feature-length drama "Emma" was broadcast on Friday 6 April 2007. An expanded series is being shown in the US by the PBS Masterpiece drama anthology television series from January through March 2008.

Episodes

*"Mansfield Park" - first aired on 18 March 2007.
*"Northanger Abbey" - first aired on 25 March 2007.
*"Persuasion" - first aired on 1 April 2007.
*"Emma" - first aired on 24 November 1996.


=US Masterpiece Classic: "The Complete Jane Austen"=

Dates of first airing on WGBH:
*"Persuasion" - Jan. 13 2008. Sally Hawkins stars as Anne Elliot.
*"Northanger Abbey" - Jan. 20 2008. Felicity Jones plays romance addict Catherine Morland.
*"Mansfield Park" - Jan. 27 2008. Austen's most complex plot stars Billie Piper as Fanny Price.
*"Miss Austen Regrets" - Feb. 3 2008. Olivia Williams; this film biography dramatizes Austen's lost loves.
*"Pride and Prejudice" - Feb. 10-24 2008. Colin Firth portrays Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle portrays Elizabeth Bennet.
*"Sense and Sensibility" - March 30 - April 6 2008. Hattie Morahan plays Elinor Dashwood, and Charity Wakefield plays her sister, Marianne.
*"Emma" - March 23 2008. Kate Beckinsale stars in the title role.

External links

* [http://pressroom.pbs.org/documents/masterpiece_theatre_complete_jane_austen_rls MASTERPIECE "The Complete Jane Austen"]


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