Miss Austen
2025 · Miniseries · TV-PG · ★ 6.2 · 82% critics
A woman looks back on her life and her bond with her famous sister, as a long-remembered decision to destroy private letters raises questions about love, duty, and legacy. Moving between past and later years, this witty yet tender period drama reimagines a real-life literary mystery through family ties and personal sacrifice.
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Streaming on PBS Masterpiece.
4 hours to watch · 4 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-02-02
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (26 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, character-driven period miniseries about family bonds, memory, and women’s choices, with gentle humor alongside heartbreak; Not for you if you dislike shifting timelines or dense casts like in Victoria or Sanditon.
Pros: witty and tender tone; strong performances; rich period atmosphere | Cons: short run time; confusing character web; uneven present-day thread
Themes
- based on novel or book
- miniseries
Cast & crew
Keeley Hawes
as Cassandra Austen
Rose Leslie
as Isabella Fowle
Patsy Ferran
as Jane Austen
Jessica Hynes
as Mary Austen
Mirren Mack
as Dinah
Phyllis Logan
as Mrs. Austen
Kevin McNally
as Mr. Austen
Max Irons
as Henry Hobday
Alfred Enoch
as Mr. Lidderdale
Calam Lynch
as Tom Fowle
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1Episode 152mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2Episode 253mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Episode 353mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Episode 452mAmazon Prime Video