BBC One's Miss Austen cast list, plot, air date, filming locations and how many episodes
BBC One is kicking off February with a new period drama. Miss Austen, which has a very impressive cast, is set to take viewers back in time to when author Jane Austen died.
It follows Jane's sister, Cassandra Austen, who famously burnt Jane's private letters. The drama is based on the book by Gill Hornby and the BBC has hinted that the show "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."
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When does Miss Austen begin and how many episodes are there?
Miss Austen begins on BBC One on Sunday, February 2 at 9.05pm. There are four episodes in the series and all episodes are now available to watch on iPlayer. The second episode of Miss Austen will air on BBC One on Sunday, February 9 at 9.05pm.
What is the plot for Miss Austen?
The drama begins in 1830, many years after Jane has died. Cassandra rushes to visit Isabella, the niece of her long-dead fiancé, who is about to lose her home following her father’s death.
Cassandra is ostensibly there to help Isabella, but her real motive is to find a hidden bundle of private letters which, in the wrong hands, she fears could destroy Jane’s reputation. On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashbacks, we meet Young Cassy and Jane as they navigate the romantic 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 find a way to guide Isabella towards the path of true happiness.
Cast list for Miss Austen
Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen
Synnove Karlsen as Young Cassandra
Patsy Ferran as Jane Austen
Rose Leslie as Isabella Fowle
Mirren Mack as Dinah
Phyllis Logan as Mrs Austen
Kevin McNally as Mr Austen
Jessica Hynes as Mary Austen
Alfred Enoch as Mr Lidderdale
Max Irons as Henry Hobday
Miss Austen filming locations
Filming locations for Miss Austen include Rye in East Sussex where they filmed on the sand dunes at Camber Sands beach. Other locations include Adwell House in Berkshire, Shottesbrooke House in Berkshire, Chawton, which is where Jane Austen really lived when she was alive, in Hampshire and Langleybury House in Hertfordshire.
