- The Jane Austen Season
"The Jane Austen Season" was a British television series of dramas based on novels by
Jane Austen . The season began onITV at 9 p.m. on Sunday18 March 2007 , with "Mansfield Park". "Northanger Abbey" aired the following week, with "Persuasion" ending the season on Sunday1 April 2007 . A repeat of the 1996 feature-length drama "Emma" was broadcast on Friday6 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 on25 March 2007 .
*"Persuasion" - first aired on1 April 2007 .
*"Emma" - first aired on24 November 1996 .
=US Masterpiece Classic: "The Complete Jane Austen"=Dates of first airing on WGBH:
*"Persuasion" - Jan. 132008 .Sally Hawkins stars as Anne Elliot.
*"Northanger Abbey" - Jan. 202008 .Felicity Jones plays romance addict Catherine Morland.
*"Mansfield Park" - Jan. 272008 . Austen's most complex plot starsBillie Piper as Fanny Price.
*"Miss Austen Regrets " - Feb. 32008 .Olivia Williams ; this film biography dramatizes Austen's lost loves.
*"Pride and Prejudice" - Feb. 10-242008 .Colin Firth portrays Mr. Darcy andJennifer Ehle portrays Elizabeth Bennet.
*"Sense and Sensibility" - March 30 - April 62008 .Hattie Morahan plays Elinor Dashwood, andCharity Wakefield plays her sister, Marianne.
*"Emma" - March 232008 .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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