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11 July 2007

BBC to air Miss Austen Regrets in autumn 2007

Filed under: Miss Austen Regrets — Mags @ 5:01 pm

Alert Janeites Sarah L. and Franka sent us the BBC’s press release about its autumn lineup, including Miss Austen Regrets. The program will be part of “The Complete Jane Austen” to be shown on PBS beginning in January 2008 (we suspect it will be last of the group, so probably closer to April). Interestingly, no mention of the new Sense and Sensibility adaptation in the autumn Beeb lineup. Some details about the film (and editorial snark) behind the cut. (more…)

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PBS Hitches Future of Masterpiece Theatre to Jane Austen’s Wagon

Filed under: Mansfield Park 2007, Miss Austen Regrets, Northanger Abbey 2007, Persuasion 2007, Sense and Sensibility 2008 — Mags @ 4:37 pm

Pray forgive the rather tortured metaphor of the title of this post. Today PBS held a breakfast for the press to announce details of the Complete Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theatre next year.

Some of the more important details are the dates involved. The season will run for ten weeks starting in January 2008 with a break for the March begathon. It’s unclear how the 10 weeks will be divided up. (more…)

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