Hawes and Miss Austen author Gill Hornby spoke with Radio Times magazine about the new BBC period drama. Keeley, when did you take on the role of Jane Austen's sister, Cassandra, in Miss Austen?

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

What did you miss? BBC viewers have been sharing their love for new Keeley Hawes period drama Miss Austen, calling it "absolute gold". The BBC One Sunday night series adapts Gill Hornby's book which explores the bond between Jane Austen and her elder sister Cassandra.

Our cover story this week is about Miss Austen - not the celebrated Jane, but her older sister, Cassandra. Any TV or film adaptation of one of Jane Austen's six novels will always attract a huge audience.

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Everything you need to know about the upcoming period drama, based on Gill Hornby’s novel ‘Miss Austen’, starring Keeley Hawes.

Based on Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name, Miss Austen takes this real-life incident and reimagines it as a fascinating story of sisterly love, where Cassandra emerges as an Austen heroine in her own right.

A drama that marks Jane Austen's birth 250 years ago is coming to the BBC - here's the cast list and how you can watch it this February.