Miss Austen is a period drama with a difference, telling the real-life story of Jane Austen's lesser-known sister

The BBC has announced that Miss Austen will launch on Sunday 2 February 2025, with all episodes on BBC iPlayer from 6am, and the series beginning its weekly BBC One transmission that evening. Adapted from Gill Hornby’s best-selling novel of the same name,

Period dramas are a Sunday night tradition with popular series including ITV1's Downton Abbey to BBC One's Poldark. The latest period drama to grace our screens is Miss Austen, following Jane Austen's sister and niece after her death.

What did you miss? BBC viewers have been sharing their love for new Keeley Hawes period drama Miss Austen, calling it "absolute gold". The BBC One Sunday night series adapts Gill Hornby's book which explores the bond between Jane Austen and her elder sister Cassandra.

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Jane Austen just keep coming. And the latest dramatisation of the English writer's life to take to the screen is Miss Austen, a four-part BBC drama exploring why Jane's older sister Cassandra destroyed the majority of Jane's letters after her death.

A new BBC drama exploring the life of Cassandra Austen and the relationship with her sister Jane premiered this week. Miss Austen will appear on BBC One on Sunday nights, the first episode was shown yesterday,