Sanditon

After an opening pair of installments that left some of us (i.e. me) wondering if I could or did actually enjoy this show, Sanditon’s third episode felt a lot closer to what we normally expect from a Jane Austen drama. Sort of. 

One of the most intriguing aspects of Sanditon, the new Masterpiece drama adapted from the existing scraps of a would-be Jane Austen novel, is that we have no idea where it’s going. At all.

Austen only wrote 11 chapters of this story before she died, which was barely enough time to introduce the major characters, let alone give us any sense of what she had in store for them. On some level, this show is simply very expensive fanfiction. On another, it’s an exciting communal journey we’ve all never shared before – experiencing an Austen story together for the first time. And so far...it's a mixed bag, but one with a lot of potential. 

As most period drama fans probably already know, new Jane Austen drama Sanditon is headed to PBS's Masterpiece this January. And we've got a few reasons why you should give it a look when it does. 

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New Jane Austen drama Sanditon will officially premiere in America this January, and to help get audiences ready, PBS has dropped a new trailer teasing its arrival.  Which, in case you've not seen any of the footage from this new series yet, looks fantastic.

It’s official: Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel Sanditon will come to America this January.

The first trailer for the Masterpiece adaptation of Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sanditon takes us to the seaside.