S&S07 on Masterpiece Theatre next season, says Executive Producer
In an article about the upcoming Jane Eyre miniseries, Masterpiece Theatre executive producer Rebecca Eaton mentioned next season’s Jane Austen series, with specific mention of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY 2007.
This arrives a year after another “Masterpiece” mini-series made a huge impact.
“The success of ‘Bleak House’ made a difference,” Eaton says. “All of a sudden, you have a lot of (period pieces) being green-lit.”
Next season, Eaton has a Jane Austen emphasis, including “Sense and Sensibility.”
So all of you who were worried about S&S07 being done in time for the Austen series in the autumn of 2007: be of good cheer. We dare say if the executive producer is not concerned, then we should not be.
P.S. The Editrix is experimenting with moblogging in this post, so if anything looks strange, pray bear with us. If we can make this work, we will be able to more efficiently handle breaking news in the Janeite world.
January 9th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
YEAH!!! This makes me really happy!
Thanks for moblogging it, Mags! 
(Which works fine, by the way. :))
If it is on Masterpiece Theatre in 2007, it will certainly be on the BBC this year as well, I suppose… But when?! I wonder why we hear so little about it.
January 9th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
When are both S&S and Jane Eyre going to be shown in the US? I’m so jealous of you Brits right now!
January 9th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Jane Eyre will be broadcast 21 and 28 January 2007:
Jane Eyre on Masterpiece Theatre
The new Sense and Sensibility will be broadcast in November 2007, along with the new Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey films. The Masterpiece Theatre web site doesn’t have any information for these programs yet.