The photograph was allegedly captured in the 1970s.

Miss Austen’s Jane is played by Patsy Ferran as witty, acerbic and, crucially, devoted to fiction. She is utterly determined to become a published author and her family support her in this pursuit.

Rise Of a Genius is the story of how a self-taught young woman from a small Hampshire village became one of the greatest novelists who ever lived ...

A fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, Miss Austen is coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her ...

Kevin McNally plays Mr Austen in the series, and you'll most likely recognise Kevin from his role as Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He's also had roles in Doctor Who, The Crown, ...

A fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, Miss Austen is coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her ...

Miss Austen debuts on BBC One and iPlayer today (in fact all episodes are available to stream in one go) and tells the story of Jane Austen's older sister Cassandra. The four-part series goes between ...

On top of the 250th author's anniversary, it celebrates 30 years since the four film and TV adaptations were first seen in 1995, including the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which famously saw ...

Memoir of a Snall animation As new BBC One drama adaptation, Miss Austen, shines fresh light on Jane Austen's sister Cassandra, Gill Hornby, who wrote the eponymous novel on which Miss Austen is ...

Natalie Cassidy and Joanna Page chat about all things on and off the telly.

Image caption, No 8 College Street, where Austen died, will be open to the public for the first time later this year Image source, Robert Viglasky Image caption, The new BBC drama, Miss Austen ...