Miss Austen
{{Short description|British television series}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Historical drama
| creator =
| based_on = Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
| writer =
| screenplay = Andrea Gibb
| story =
| director = Aisling Walsh
| starring = {{plainlist|* Keeley Hawes
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 4
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|* Andrea Gibb
- Keeley Hawes
- Christine Langan
- Susanne Simpson
- Polly Williams
}}
| producer = Stella Merz
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| company = {{Plainlist|* Bonnie Productions
- Masterpiece
- Federation Stories
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| network = {{Plainlist|* BBC One
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2025|02|02|df=y}}
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Miss Austen is a four-part historical television series. It stars Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes. It is an adaptation by Andrea Gibb of the novel Miss Austen by Gill Hornby. Aisling Walsh directed the series, while Stella Merz produced for Bonnie Productions and Masterpiece.
Premise
The series begins in 1830 and explores why Cassandra Austen, the sister of Jane Austen, burned most of Jane's personal letters after her death.{{cite web|website=Digital Spy|accessdate=8 December 2023|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a46075841/keeley-hawes-miss-austen-first-look/|first=Brenna|last=Cooper|title= First look at Line of Duty's Keeley Hawes in new Jane Austen period drama|date=8 December 2023 }}
Cast
=Main=
- Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, Jane Austen's only sister
- Synnøve Karlsen as young Cassandra (Cassy) Austen
- Alfred Enoch as Mr. Lidderdale, a physician and Isabella's love interest
- Patsy Ferran as Jane Austen, Cassandra's sister and a novelist
- Jessica Hynes as Mary Austen, née Lloyd, Eliza's sister and James Austen's widow, thus Cassandra and Jane's sister-in-law
- Liv Hill as young Mary Austen
- Max Irons as Henry Hobday, a love interest for Cassandra (fictional)
- Rose Leslie as Isabella Fowle, a daughter of Fulwar Fowle
- Phyllis Logan as Mrs Cassandra Austen, the Austens' mother
- Calam Lynch as Tom Fowle, Fulwar Fowle's brother and Cassandra's late fiancé
- Mirren Mack as Dinah, the Fowles' maid
- Kevin McNally as George Austen, the Austens' father
=Recurring=
- Florence Bell as Mary Jane Dexter, née Fowle, a sister of Isabella
- Carys Bowkett as Anna Austen, James Austen's daughter
- Vivien Battley as young Anna
- Hubert Burton as Edward Austen, a brother of Cassandra and Jane
- Thomas Coombes as Mr. Dundas, the new vicar moving into Fowle House
- Clare Foster as Beth Fowle, a sister of Isabella
- Jake Kenny-Byrne as Frank Austen, a brother of Cassandra and Jane
- Patrick Knowles as James Austen, Cassandra and Jane's eldest brother
- Felix Scott as Reverend Fulwar Fowle, Tom Fowle's brother and Isabella's father
- Madeline Walker as Eliza Fowle, Fulwar Fowle's wife, Mary Austen's sister and Isabella's mother
=Guest=
- Tom Glenister as Harris Bigg-Wither, Jane's short-time fiancé
- Rebecca Johnson as Mrs. Hobday, Henry Hobday's mother
- Elle McKay as Catherine Bigg-Wither, a sister of Harris
- Eve Ponsonby as Elizabeth Austen, Edward Austen's wife
- Ruby Richardson as Alethea Bigg-Wither, a sister of Harris
Production
Aisling Walsh directed the four-part series and also acts as executive producer. Other executive producers on the series were Susanne Simpson for Masterpiece, Christine Langan for Bonnie Productions, Polly Williams for Federation Stories, Keeley Hawes who stars and Andrea Gibb, who also adapted the book by Gill Hornby. Filming got underway in November 2023.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/miss-austin-masterpiece-keeley-hawes-rose-leslie-adaptation-1235656191/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=8 December 2023|title= 'Miss Austen': Keeley Hawes & Rose Leslie Join TV Adaptation For Masterpiece|first=Lynette |last=Rice|date=December 7, 2023}}
=Casting=
The series features Keeley Hawes as Jane Austen's elder (and only) sister, Cassandra, and Jessica Hynes as Jane Austen's sister-in-law, Mary. Rose Leslie is the Austen's family friend Isabella and Mirren Mack is her servant Dinah. Also in the cast are Max Irons and Alfred Enoch.{{cite web|first=Rob|last=London|date=7 December 2023|website=Collider|url=https://collider.com/miss-austen-images/|title= Keeley Hawes Is Jane Austen's Sister in First 'Miss Austen' Images}}
Broadcast
In December 2023 the BBC acquired the rights to show the series in the UK, and it was broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer from 2 February 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/miss-austen-adaptation-keeley-hawes-newsupdate/|website=Radio Times|accessdate=8 December 2023|title= Keeley Hawes leads Miss Austen adaptation with Rose Leslie and more|first=Molly|last=Moss|date=7 December 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a63133715/tv-series-shows-coming-2025/|website=Digital Spy|accessdate=11 December 2024|title= Shows coming in 2025 that you won't want to miss|first=Laura Jane|last=Turner|date=10 December 2024}}{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=2025-01-17 |title=‘I was playing grannies at 38’: Keeley Hawes on fame, frocks and feminism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/17/keeley-hawes-interview-on-fame-frocks-and-feminism |access-date=2025-01-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
The series will be shown on Masterpiece on PBS from 4
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|21096438}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/miss-austen/|work=PBS Official Site |title= Miss Austen, Masterpiece}}
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Category:2025 British television series debuts
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Category:British English-language television shows
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