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Miss Austen

  • 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Drama
  • 1 season
  • 6.2/10

Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine.

Latest: Miniseries · 2025

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Feb 2, 2025 · 52m

    1830. A letter arrives at Chawton Cottage, where Cassandra Austen has lived alone for many years since the death of her sister Jane.

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Feb 9, 2025 · 53m

    After uncovering Mary Austen’s lies, Cassandra’s determination to keep Jane’s letters private is stronger than ever. Her mission is accompanied by a second – to secure a home for Isabella.

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Feb 16, 2025 · 53m

    At Kintbury, Cassandra’s fever is raging. In her delirium, she nearly lets slip that she is in possession of Jane’s letters, but manages – just – to keep Mary from finding them.

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Feb 23, 2025 · 52m

    Mr Dundas and his wife prepare to move into the Kintbury vicarage, and the urgent question of Isabella’s future continues to occupy Cassandra.

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