2025

1 Seasons

3 Episodes

4.0(2 votes)

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Drama

Overview

An immersive look at how a young woman from a small village in 18th-century England became one of the UK's best-loved novelists.

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24 members

Acting

Juliet Stevenson

Self - Narrator

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Zsigmond Emőke

Jane Austen

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Balázs Jakab

Henry

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Jordán Adél

Eliza

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Samuel West

Self

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Tamsin Greig

Self

Writing

Colm Tóibín

Self

Writing

Kate Atkinson

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Paula Byrne

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András Korcsmáros

James Stanier Clark

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Klára Spilák

Mrs Austen

Writing

Helen Fielding

Self

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Alan West

Self

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Paddy Bullard

Self

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Bee Rowlatt

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Louise Curran

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Priya Atwal

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Greg Wise

Self

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Charity Wakefield

Self

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Tom Bennett

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Cherie Blair

Self

Creator

Candice Carty-Williams

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Greta Scacchi

Self

Directing

Ken Loach

Self

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