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30 December 2002 (UK) morePlot:
A dramatized documentary on the life of Jane Austen. | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Credited cast)| Anna Chancellor | ... | Herself / Narrator / Caroline Bingley (archive footage) | |
| Gillian Kearney | ... | Jane Austen | |
| Jack Davenport | ... | Henry Austen | |
| Phyllis Logan | ... | Mrs. Austen | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lauren Birch | ... | Baby Jane Austen | |
| Oliver Chris | ... | Tom Lefroy | |
| Lucy Cohu | ... | Cassandra Austen | |
| Patrick Connolly | ... | Harris Bigg | |
| Wendy Craig | ... | Mrs. Lefroy | |
| Judith French | ... | Jane's schoolmistress | |
| Danielle Green | ... | Young Cassandra Austen | |
| Lara Harvey | ... | Young Jane Austen (as Lara Rebekah Harvey) | |
| Ben Illis | ... | James Austen | |
| John Standing | ... | Mr. Austen | |
| Beth Winslet | ... | Fanny Knight | |
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I agree whole-heartedly with Chris Holdridge's comments abut this program. Being something of an Austen fanatic and having read the Letters and other reliable sources, it was delightful to see Ms. Austen so beautifully brought to life. I am writing this the morning after seeing 2007's "Becoming Jane". Although I knew that the plot of the latter film was going to be fairly unbelievable, I was disappointed that Anne Hathaway's dull portrayal of Austen fell so far short of the mark. For obvious reasons, I can't say I know the real Jane Austen, but from what I've read, Gillian Kearney's performance in The Real Jane Austen is both believable and satisfying: intelligent, bright, perky, and funny.