Miss Austen reimagines the mystery surrounding the burning of Jane's letters. New four-part drama Miss Austen is set to not only bring the literary mystery surrounding the burning of Jane Austen's letters to life, but it will also be an adaptation that will explore a side of the author that not many have seen before.

The four-part series is set in 1830, many years after the death of Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran) and follows her sister Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes) as she helps her niece Isabella Fowle (Rose Leslie) settle her father’s estate in the wake of his death.

Here, Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes reveal what to expect from Miss Austen ….

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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.