Schedule for PBS 2008 Jane Austen Season

[olde_fashioned]

Thanks to one of my readers, it has been brought to my attention that the dates and schedule for the PBS 2008 Jane Austen Season have finally been released! While both Pride & Prejudice as well as Emma are reruns of the '90s A&E versions, I am sincerely looking forward to this. :-)


Miss Austen Regrets stars Olivia Williams as Jane Austen, something which tickled me greatly upon first learning it. She played Jane Fairfax in the A&E Emma, and I've always thought she looked like she would make a good JA! Cooincidentaly Greta Scacchi (Mrs. Weston from the Paltrow Emma) plays her sister Cassandra.

Schedule:

January 13, 2008 - Persuasion
January 20, 2008 - Northanger Abbey
January 27, 2008 - Mansfield Park
February 3, 2008 - Miss Austen Regrets
February 10-24, 2008 - Pride and Prejudice (3 2-hour episodes)
Pledge drive, March 2-16; no films aired
March 23, 2008 - Emma
March 30-April 6, 2008 - Sense and Sensibility (2 90-minute episodes)

(cross-posted to bbccostumedrama and period_drama)

ETA: kari has just reminded me to post the official website. ;-) There is a sneak preview to watch there as well.

Comments

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* Same here! I loved Jane Eyre, and I really want to read WH, but somehow I don't expect to like it very much...