Miss Austen is a period drama with a difference, telling the real-life story of Jane Austen's lesser-known sister

What did you miss? BBC viewers have been sharing their love for new Keeley Hawes period drama Miss Austen, calling it "absolute gold". The BBC One Sunday night series adapts Gill Hornby's book which explores the bond between Jane Austen and her elder sister Cassandra.

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Period dramas are a Sunday night tradition with popular series including ITV1's Downton Abbey to BBC One's Poldark. The latest period drama to grace our screens is Miss Austen, following Jane Austen's sister and niece after her death.

Everything you need to know about the upcoming period drama, based on Gill Hornby’s novel ‘Miss Austen’, starring Keeley Hawes.

Based on Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name, Miss Austen takes this real-life incident and reimagines it as a fascinating story of sisterly love, where Cassandra emerges as an Austen heroine in her own right.