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Celebrating Jane Austen

Celebrate the timeless brilliance of Jane Austen with beloved adaptations and insightful documentaries that bring her wit, romance, and legacy to life.

Jane Austen is 17 and beginning to write stories.

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26 May 2025

Lucy Worsley traces the houses Jane Austen lived in to show how they influenced her work.

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27 May 2017

Martha Kearney investigates a possible lost portrait of Jane Austen.

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26 Dec 2011

Monica Dolan gives a captivating reading of Jane Austen’s much-loved novel.

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18 Dec 2025

Mary Bennet hopes to win her family’s approval at her first ball.

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15 Mar 2026

The Bennet daughters react in very different ways to the arrival of their new neighbour.

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2005

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are thrown into sudden hardship on the death of their father.

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1995

Period drama based on the Jane Austen novel and starring Frances O'Connor.

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26 Dec 2011

Years after Jane Austen's death, her sister Cassandra must retrieve her long-lost letters.

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02 Feb 2025

Mrs Bennet is anxious to marry off one of her five daughters to newcomer Mr Bingley.

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24 Sep 1995

Emma persuades Harriet that she is too good for her suitor, the farmer Robert Martin.

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04 Oct 2009

Dramatisation of Jane Austen's novel. The Dashwoods start a new life in Devonshire.

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01 Jan 2008

Jane Austen's story of a girl whose head is full of romantic notions about the world.

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15 Feb 1987

Fanny Price is removed from her impoverished home to live with her rich relatives.

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06 Nov 1983

Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about the enduring power of love.

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16 Apr 1995

Amanda Root and Sophie Thompson recall the 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

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26 Jun 2025

Mrs Dashwood and her two daughters face the prospect of having to leave their home.

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09 Jan 1971

Drama-documentary exploring the life of Jane Austen.

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30 Dec 2002

Programme exploring the reasons behind the enduring popularity of novelist Jane Austen.

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23 Oct 1995

Lord David Cecil visits the cottage in Chawton where Jane Austen wrote many of her books.

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21 Jun 1973

A personal view of Jane Austen by Arianna Stassinopoulos.

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28 Apr 1978