The Jane Austen Film Club

The miniseries ANNE ON THE CBC  has now finished the first season and is headed to Netflix (as ANNE WITH AN E ). Our beloved Anne Shirley from LUCY MAUDE MONTGOMERY'S ANNE OF GREEN GABLES B...

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Jenna Coleman and Rufus Sewell in Victoria on PBS/ITV Sorry I haven't been posting lately but my day job has been demanding too much time. So I have a bit of catching up to do. And thanks to...

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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend w...

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JANE AUSTEN MEETS OSCAR WILDE MEETS MONTY PYTHON? YES, PLEASE! First let me say, I loved WHIT STILLMAN'S LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (based on Jane Austen's Lady Susan). Just wonderful. Second, I ...

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If you haven't yet heard about Julian Fellowes's new book/app BELGRAVIA you are in good company, as  I just heard about it today. Julian was on the CBC RADIO SHOW Q this morning (heard al...

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The final season of MR. SELFRIDGE is now airing on PBS and if any of you would like the chance to win one of 2 gorgeous companion books, THE WORLD OF MR. SELFRIDGE , jammed with sumptuous ph...

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I recently had a tantalizing comment on my last post about THE GRAND SOPHY film ON THIS BLOG  which went like this: FINANCING IS BEING PULLED TOGETHER NOW. FILM WILL SHOOT IN EITHER MAY OR...

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I can't believe this is the end! There is some talk of a Downton film in the future and there were also rumors of Julian Fellowes penning a prequel to Downton Abbey. A story of young Cora as ...

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LADY EDITH: I'd accept him in a trice if it weren't for Marigold. If I stay silent, there's a lie at the heart of my marriage. But if I tell him the truth, will I ruin it? LADY CORA: Make a c...

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DAISY: Oh, my God! MRS. HUGHES: I will thank you not to take the Lord's name in vain. DAISY: I hope it's not in vain. I need all the help I can get! By the way, I love the way Carson really ...

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LADY VIOLET: Roll up! Roll up! Visit an actual dining room complete with a real life table and chairs! DAISY: You don't want to encourage (Mrs. Patmore). She's too curious for her own good...

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CARSON: Are these done enough? This plate is cold...which is a pity. Bubble and squeak as a vegetable with lamb? This knife could do with sharpening. It's been a while since she played with he...

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www.wayfair.co.uk This brilliant map of Downton Abbey filming locations was recently compiled by WAYFAIR.CO.UK . Apparently Wayfair is a US based online furniture retailer (WAYFAIR.COM ) wh...

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LADY VIOLET: Mary needs more than a handsome smile and a hand on a gear stick. LORD GRANTHAM: I'm surprised you know what a gear stick is. LADY VIOLET: I know more than you think. LAD...

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CARSON: I am the happiest and luckiest of men. MRS. HUGHES: It's been a long time since I've been on the brink of anything. Except possibly the grave. MRS. HUGHES: I'm too old to think a new...

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MR. DREWE: We made a plan. But we forgot about emotion. And emotion's what can trip  you up every time. THOMAS: Do you want to see Lady Mary showing off her pigs? THOMAS: When do you ne...

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LORD GRANTHAM: Do you really like riding like that, when a side-saddle is so much more graceful? LADY MARY: And so much more dangerous! MRS. HUGHES: When I accepted Mr. Carson...I h...

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A Child's Christmas in Wales "I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHETHER IT SNOWED FOR SIX DAYS AND SIX NIGHTS WHEN I WAS TWELVE OR WHETHER IT SNOWED FOR TWELVE DAYS AND TWELVE NIGHTS WHEN I WAS SIX." I...

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A Victorian Sherlock Holmes and John Watson! Sherlock Holmes has gone Victorian for the holidays! Airing on PBS on January 1st at 9:00 pm we have Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman retu...

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According to the BAFTA website, the writing/producing duo of OLIVIA HETREED and ANDY PATERSON are planning a film adaptation of Georgette Heyer's THE GRAND SOPHY for 2016. Apparently the...

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I finally got to see SUFFRAGETTE this weekend and it is well worth seeing. CAREY MULLIGAN plays Maud Watts, an East London laundry worker who gets caught up in the Suffragette movement of 1...

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Home Fires on ITV and PBS If you haven't yet been taken under the spell of the WWII drama HOME FIRES , then here is my whole hearted recommendation to check it out. Opening in the late ...

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I just had time to preview the first episode of Indian Summers before my trip and it is well worth watching. A wonderfully well done drama depicting the lives of British socialites in India i...

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Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire The anticipation is building as my friend Gillian and I are now days away from our "geeky history girl" tour of the UK. I am hoping to be able to regularly po...

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SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE  is not period drama. However it is a very English film, which I figure qualifies it for this blog and besides, I found it very entertaining! I dragged my sister to thi...

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