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As most period drama fans probably already know, new Jane Austen drama Sanditon is headed to PBS's Masterpiece this January. And, technically, it's a drama that's "new" in multiple terms - it's an adaptation of the existing 11 chapters of
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The cold and gloom of January mean lots of evenings spent in front of the telly. But rather than watching ending American TV shows, streaming services are out here bringing anglophiles like us lots of great TV from overseas. From Netflix to PBS Passport, there are a dozen new series
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As 2020 draws near, we take a look ahead at the new British programs are heading our way in the New Year, and discuss the favorites we can't wait to see return. Let's run down some of the major highlights we're expecting to see
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New Jane Austen drama Sanditon will officially premiere in America this January, and to help get audiences ready, PBS has dropped a new trailer teasing its arrival. Which, in case you've not seen any of the footage from this new series yet, looks fantastic. The series is based
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It’s official: Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel Sanditon will come to America this January. The new period drama, based on the eleven existing chapters of Austen’s final work will premiere on Masterpiece beginning January 12, 2020. The series stars Rose Williams as spirited heroine
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen didn't write enough books. Of course, at the time, six novels seemed like a perfectly acceptable number. But that was back in the early 19th century, long before television's giant insatiable maw needed content every minute of
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Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside! I do like to be beside the sea! Oh I do like to stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play, “Tiddely-om-pom-pom!” John A. Glover-Kind, 1907. See more. As the old music-hall song says, Brits do like to
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Jane Austen’s final, unfinished novel Sanditon is heading to the small screen, courtesy of PBS’ Masterpiece and the U.K. network ITV. This is the first ever adaptation of Austen’s incomplete last work, which she abandoned due to poor health just before her death in 1817. Only eleven
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Reign’s Rose Williams and the Divergent series’ Theo James have been tapped to star in the upcoming Masterpiece adaptation of Sanditon, based on an unfinished Jane Austen novel that the author was working on just before her death. Sanditon tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited and unconventional
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Sanditon, the unfinished Jane Austen novel that the author was working on just before her death, will be adapted for television next year. The original 11 chapter fragment was called “The Brothers”. Austen began work on the new effort just a few months before her death in 1817. The chapters