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MASTERPIECE | The Complete Jane Austen | Adapting Jane Austen

Duration: 02:33

A behind-the-scenes look at adapting Jane Austen's classic novels to television with screenwriter, Andrew Davies.

Davies dishes on romance, the interplay between men and women during the Austen period, and adapting Jane Austen's masterpieces to the screen.

Masterpiece presents The Complete Jane Austen. This four-month, first-ever U.S. television extravaganza includes new productions of Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Sense and Sensibility, along with classic productions of Emma and Pride and Prejudice.

PBS air date: Starting Sunday, January 13 at 9/8C (check local listings). For more information visit pbs.org/janeausten

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Post Date: December 26, 2007