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Miss Austen Regrets

Drama based on the life and letters of Jane Austen. Approaching her fortieth birthday, Jane appears happily unmarried, until she reflects on previous suitors and life choices.

Drama based on the life and letters of Jane Austen. Approaching her fortieth birthday, Jane appears happily unmarried, displaying all the assured wit and charm of her novels' young heroines. Yet when she is asked by her young niece Fanny to help her vet potential husbands, Jane's confident composure is threatened as she finds herself looking back on her own potential suitors and the choices she has made.

1 hour, 25 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Apr 200820:00

Credits

RoleContributor
ActorOlivia Williams
ActorImogen Poots
ActorGreta Scacchi
ActorHugh Bonneville
ActorPip Torrens
ActorAdrian Edmondson
ActorPhyllida Law
ProducerAnne Pivcevic
DirectorJeremy Lovering

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