Miss Austen is a period drama with a difference, telling the real-life story of Jane Austen's lesser-known sister

Period dramas are a Sunday night tradition with popular series including ITV1's Downton Abbey to BBC One's Poldark. The latest period drama to grace our screens is Miss Austen, following Jane Austen's sister and niece after her death.

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Jane Austen just keep coming. And the latest dramatisation of the English writer's life to take to the screen is Miss Austen, a four-part BBC drama exploring why Jane's older sister Cassandra destroyed the majority of Jane's letters after her death.