Miss Austen: Season 1

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PBS | Season Premiere Date: May 4, 2025

Summary: In 1830, Jane's sister Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) visits family friend Isabella (Rose Leslie) to secretly find and destroy hidden letters that could hurt her sister's legacy in Andrea Gibb's adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel of the same name.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 2 Feb 2025 and in the US as a part of PBS'sIn 1830, Jane's sister Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) visits family friend Isabella (Rose Leslie) to secretly find and destroy hidden letters that could hurt her sister's legacy in Andrea Gibb's adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel of the same name.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 2 Feb 2025 and in the US as a part of PBS's Masterpiece on 4 May 2025]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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TV Insider Matt Roush

May 5, 2025

The past comes vividly to life, spinning a fable of unrequited love and undying sibling devotion worthy of Jane’s own fictions. Read full review

Judy Berman

May 2, 2025

If you can get past the mannered stiffness typical of Masterpiece fare, it loosens up as it evolves into a perceptive and affectionate portrait of the kind of life Austen lived but barely wrote about. Read full review

i Rachael Sigee

Feb 3, 2025

The truth is that we will never know what Jane wrote to her friends and that is probably exactly as it should be. But Miss Austen is nonetheless a gentle and charming period drama, filled with classy performances that will delight Austen fans if not necessarily spawn new ones. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

May 5, 2025

The finale should run you through a pack of handkerchiefs, unless you are some sort of heartless monster. Read full review

Joel Keller

May 5, 2025

While it may take you awhile to figure out how everyone in Miss Austen is connected to each other, the performances of Hawes as the older Cassandra and Ferran as the young Jane will keep you interested in the story. Read full review

Mike Hale

May 23, 2025

The series is on solid ground when it flashes back (every time Cassandra rereads a letter) to the sisters’ younger days. Ferran is vibrant and convincing as Jane and Synnove Karlsen is wonderful as Cassy. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Andrew Anthony

Feb 10, 2025

This adaptation of Gill Hornby’s novel has all the familiar Austen components – creepy clergyman, spiteful in-law, yearning young lovers – except sharp wit. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 4, 2025
- No episode information is currently available for this season