1. A Lively Imagination

"A gentleman visiting Winchester Cathedral desired to be shown Miss Austen's grave. The verger, as he pointed it out, asked, 'Pray, sir, can you tell me whether there was anything particular about that lady; so many poeple want to know where she is buried".

James Edward Austen-Leigh was Jane Austen 's nephew.

The youngest mourner at her funeral in 1817, he was later to publish a memoir of his aunt.

It is the only account we have written by someone who actually knew her.

Derek Parker presents the first of four programmes based on the book.

With:

Paul Rogers as James Austen-Leigh
Joanna David as Jane Austen.

Producer: John Knight

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.