Keeley Hawes, who stars as Cassandra Austen in the BBC drama, and director Aisling Walsh chime in on the debate along with ...

Meanwhile, scenes at the Austens’ residence of Steventon Vicarage were filmed in the Grade II listed country manor of ...

Scenes from Miss Austen were also filmed in Austen’s home in Chawton. The novelist lived in the village during one of the ...

Miss Austen, a delightful new period drama from the BBC and PBS Masterpiece, is set to premiere on BBC One tonight (Sunday, ...

Masterpiece on PBS has released the first trailer for Miss Austen, ahead of its May 4 premiere. “I am not ready to let my ...

Taking on the role of a young Cassandra is rising star Synnøve Karlsen, who reunites with Hawes after the actresses played mother and daughter in Sky’s The Midwich Cuckoos. Norwegian-Scottish actress ...

Here, Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes reveal what to expect from Miss Austen ….

Interestingly, Jane Austen wasn't the only one in her family with a flair for writing; her brother James Austen was a poet and the first in the family to be published. Due to societal norms of the ...

Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) sets out to protect her sister’s (and her own) past, lest her private correspondence and intimate ...

By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor In the U.S., the series will air on Masterpiece on PBS from Sunday, May 4 ... in association with the BBC. Miss Austen has been adapted for television by ...

Seven reasons not to miss this new show. Miss Austen takes an historic literary mystery – the notorious burning of Jane Austen’s letters by her sister Cassandra – and reimagines it as a ...

Jessica Hynes, who has starred in The Franchise, Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and W1A, takes on the role of the formidable Mary Austen. Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan portrays Cassandra and Jane's mother ...