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[11/14/24 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "Masterpiece" Winter/Spring 2025 Preview
New seasons of "All Creatures Great and Small," "Miss Scarlet," plus the premieres of "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light," and all-new series "Miss Austen," are coming your way in early 2025.
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[01/19/24 - 11:48 PM]
Development Update: Week of January 15-19
Updates include: FOX's "Rescue: HI-Surf" locks in principal cast; Max calls it quits on "The Flight Attendant," "Rap Sh!t"; and Apple pulls the plug on "Schmigadoon!" after two seasons.
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[12/07/23 - 07:01 AM]
Keeley Hawes to Star in an Adaptation of Gill Hornby's Novel "Miss Austen"
Rose Leslie, Patsy Ferran, Jessica Hynes, Mirren Mack, Phyllis Logan, Kevin McNally, Max Irons, Alfred Enoch, Calam Lynch and Liv Hill will also star in the four-part drama.
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[06/21/22 - 11:00 AM]
Gill Hornby's Critically Acclaimed Novel "Miss Austen" to Be Adapted for Television by "Masterpiece"
The four-hour miniseries is being written by Andrea Gibb.
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MISS AUSTEN (PBS)
Premieres Sunday, May 4
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
5/4/25
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STATUS:
new this spring (yet to premiere) |
TIME SLOT:
sundays from 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (4 episodes) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from PBS's press release, December 2023) Filming is underway on an all-star production of Gill Hornby's best-selling and much loved novel Miss Austen, produced by Bonnie Productions for MASTERPIECE in the US and distributed by Federation Studios. The series has already been acquired by the BBC in the UK. The adaptation from The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) winning writer, Andrea Gibb (Elizabeth is Missing, Mayflies), boasts a stellar cast including Keeley Hawes (It's A Sin, Bodyguard, Line of Duty), Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Patsy Ferran (Living, Hot Milk), Jessica Hynes (Life After Life, Years and Years), Mirren Mack (The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Nest), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Shetland), Kevin McNally (The Crown, Ten Percent), Max Irons (Condor, The Wife), Alfred Enoch (How to Get Away with Murder, Foundation), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton, Archie) and Liv Hill (The Serpent Queen, Elizabeth Is Missing). The four-part drama, directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Aisling Walsh (Maudie, Elizabeth is Missing) started filming last month in the UK and is produced by Stella Merz (Gentleman Jack, Renegade Nell). Miss Austen takes a literary mystery - Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane's letters - and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine. The drama begins in 1830, a while after Jane has died. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) races to see her young friend Isabella (Rose Leslie) who is about to lose her home following her father's death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help her friend, but her real motive is to find a stash of private letters which, in the wrong hands, could destroy Jane's reputation. On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashback, we meet Young Cassy and Jane (Patsy Ferran) as they navigate the infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes which shaped their lives and laid the foundations for Jane's unforgettable stories. Cassandra's re-evaluation of her past eventually leads her to realise how blind she has been to the real cause of Isabella's heartache and distress. Finding a way to guide Isabella towards true happiness, Cassandra is finally able to understand and celebrate the sacrifices she chose to make for her brilliant sister, Jane. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alfred Enoch
· Calam Lynch
· Jessica Hynes
· Keeley Hawes as Cassandra
· Kevin McNally
· Liv Hill
· Max Irons
· Mirren Mack
· Patsy Ferran as Jane
· Phyllis Logan
· Rose Leslie as Isabella
· Synnøve Karlsen as Young Cassandra
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Aisling Walsh as DIR/EP
· Andrea Gibb as EP/WRTR
· Christine Langan as EP
· Gill Hornby as BOOK
· Keeley Hawes as EP
· Polly Williams as EP
· Stella Merz as PROD
· Susanne Simpson as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Bonnie Productions
· Federation Stories
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