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Saturday, October 13, 2007,11:00 AM
Attention Jane Austen Fans!
MASTERPIECE THEATRE has good news for Jane Austen’s millions of fans: PBS’ beloved British drama series will broadcast adaptations of all of Austen’s six novels, plus a new drama based on her life. It’s the first time in television history that her books have been broadcast as a complete collection.
Beginning in January 2008 on PBS, MASTERPIECE THEATRE is inviting viewers to tune in on Sunday nights for “The Complete Jane Austen”: new presentations of Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Sense and Sensibility. The lineup will also include the acclaimed Emma starring Kate Beckinsale, and Pride and Prejudice, the Emmy award- winning miniseries that made Colin Firth a heartthrob.
Miss Austen Regrets, a true story based on Jane Austen’s own letters and diaries, will be part of the four-month marathon.
“Once we sealed the deal on the four new Austen adaptations, we decided we had to complete the package with Emma and Pride and Prejudice,” says MASTERPIECE THEATRE executive producer Rebecca Eaton. “The biopic Miss Austen Regrets is the frosting on the cake: an intimate portrait of the remarkable woman behind these wonderful stories.”
Almost 200 years after her death, Jane Austen’s popularity continues to soar, with two feature films about her slated for 2007, and numerous books and articles analyzing her appeal.
More info here:
http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20070523_janeausten.html
and here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/index.html
Beginning in January 2008 on PBS, MASTERPIECE THEATRE is inviting viewers to tune in on Sunday nights for “The Complete Jane Austen”: new presentations of Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Sense and Sensibility. The lineup will also include the acclaimed Emma starring Kate Beckinsale, and Pride and Prejudice, the Emmy award- winning miniseries that made Colin Firth a heartthrob.
Miss Austen Regrets, a true story based on Jane Austen’s own letters and diaries, will be part of the four-month marathon.
“Once we sealed the deal on the four new Austen adaptations, we decided we had to complete the package with Emma and Pride and Prejudice,” says MASTERPIECE THEATRE executive producer Rebecca Eaton. “The biopic Miss Austen Regrets is the frosting on the cake: an intimate portrait of the remarkable woman behind these wonderful stories.”
Almost 200 years after her death, Jane Austen’s popularity continues to soar, with two feature films about her slated for 2007, and numerous books and articles analyzing her appeal.
More info here:
http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20070523_janeausten.html
and here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/index.html
Labels: Jane Austen, On the Tube
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At 9:57 PM,
Kristie (J) -
Dev, I adore the Colin Firth P&P. I have it on DVD and gave the well played VHS version to my niece.
Thanks for the heads up on the Masterpiece Theater doing Austen. I was a pretty devoted Masterpiece Theater watcher for many years. Sunday's at 9 p.m. I think they had a string of productions that didn't interest me and I've sort of fallen by the way side watching the past couple of years.
This is something to look forward to in the dull, winter cold January.
I think I'm one of the few people on earth who hasn't seen the adaption of P&P with Colin Firth. It's been sometime since I watched Masterpiece Theatre, but I'll have to get the old VCR working and tape it!