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Miss Austen Regrets

First Aired: April 2008

Jane Austen (Olivia Williams), Mr Lushington MP (Tom Goodman-Hill), Dr Charles Haden (Jack Huston) and Rev Brook Bridges (Hugh Bonneville)
Jane Austen (Olivia Williams) and Rev Brook Bridges (Hugh Bonneville)

Film for BBC1.

Drama based on the life and letters of Jane Austen. Approaching her fortieth birthday, Jane appears happily unmarried, displaying all the assured wit and charm of her novels' young heroines. Yet when she is asked by her young niece to help her vet potential husbands, Jane's confident composure is threatened as she finds herself looking back on her own potential suitors and the choices she has made.

Hugh plays Rev. Brook Bridges.

Related websites: BBC Website | BBC Press Release | View the PBS (US) Trailer
Writer:
Gwyneth Hughes
Cast:
Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi, Phyllida Law, Jack Huston, Tom Hiddleston, Imogen Poots, Samuel Roukin, Adrian Edmondson
Director:
Jeremy Lovering
Producer:
Anne Pivcevic
Production Co:
BBC; WGBH
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