From today's LA Times:
PBS to Showcase Jane Austen
Lee Margulies
May 22, 2007
PBS announced with pride Monday that it has a prejudice for Jane Austen. The noncommercial network said that, beginning in January, it would turn over "Masterpiece Theatre" to a four-month marathon of works by the famed British author: Repeats of 1997's "Emma," with Kate Beckinsale, and 1996's "Pride and Prejudice," with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, and new productions of "Northanger Abbey," "Persuasion," "Mansfield Park" and "Sense and Sensibility." Capping what will be presented as "The Complete Jane Austen" is "Miss Austen Regrets," a drama about the life of the 19th century writer, based on her letters and diaries.All four of the new Austen adaptations are by Andrew Davies, who did the earlier two screenplays too." Presenting Austen's novels consecutively is a brilliant idea because they reinforce each other — and they're not too long," Davies said in a statement released by PBS. " Airing all of Dickens would take five years!"
5 comments:
This proves it: God does exist. Months of Jane Austen?! I think I may have died and gone to heaven. Can't wait! We must have a party for some of them at least.
January cannot come soon enough.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO far away. :-|
AMAZING NEWS. Never expected to be looking forward to something on tv for 6 months. Yes Kelly, there is a God.
I agree with Kelly that we should have a viewing party. Audrey must be indoctrinated early.
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