A portrait of the only Jane Austen character "explicitly of African descent" has been revealed, to mark 250 years since the ...

Watching over 60 hours of Jane Austen adaptations was a daunting challenge but a worthwhile one. It was fascinating to discover how the succeeding generations of BBC directors had a particular ...

Good for them. Some of Jane Austen's biggest fans gave their reaction to the new £10 note "They didn't write it at the time because nobody knew her name when she died, nobody cared who she was.

This cosy, ‘Cranfordized’ image is the version of Jane Austen broadcast in the early years of BBC radio and up to 1950: Austen as solace in difficult times; these were wartime years.

This year is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. As well as Miss Austen, the BBC has commissioned The Other Bennet Sister, a Pride and Prejudice spin-off drama about Mary Bennet based on ...

Yes, you read that correctly – Jane Austen has a cult following in the US. Called ‘Janeites’, they dress up in bonnets and early 19th Century-style costumes to party like it’s 1817.

Eileen adapted 'The Mysterious Death of Jane Austen' for BBC Radio 4. She blogs about working with advice from fellow Austen-adaptor Andrew Davies and some surprising resources for writing ...

The four-part drama will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in 2025, marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth The BBC has released new pictures for Miss Austen, a star-studded production of Gill ...

Audio, 28 minutesGreat Lives Caroline Criado-Perez on Jane Austen The feminist campaigner and writer Caroline Criado-Perez champions the life of Jane Austen BBC Radio 4 Available for over a year ...

The exhibition delves into the lives of those who enabled the lifestyles of the novels' characters. The village where Jane Austen was born 250 years ago is staging a Regency-themed country fair. A ...

Jane Austen garden features flowers from her books The garden, which has been created in Alton, includes flowers mentioned in the author's books.