Watch the PBS Trailer for New Jane Austen Drama 'Sanditon'
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 on Austen's final, unfinished novel, of which only 11 chapters exist. The rest of the story has been rounded out by writer Andrew Davies, the man behind the 1995 hit adaptation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice that made everyone fall in love with Colin Firth. (So, it seems safe to assume that Austen's legacy here is probably in good hands.)
Rose Williams stars as Charlotte Heywood, a self-described "farmer's daughter who reads books" who leaves her small rural hometown of Willingden for the more cosmpolitan (ish?) town of Sanditon. A charming, immediately likeable sort of heroine, she's unfamiliar with the rules of high society and must struggle to find her footing in this new environment.
Watch for yourselves below:
