Presented by HUMPHREY BURTON Celebrating Jane Austen
Two hundred years ago, on 16 December 1775, JANE AUSTEN was born. She was a clergyman's daughter, lived an outwardly quiet life in the country and in Bath, never married, and died at the age of 41. Her six novels, of which the best known is Pride and Prejudice, are all classics.
Tonight's programme celebrates her birth with Celia Johnson , Edward Fox who read from her work at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature Mary McCarthy, Germaine Greer Arianna Stassinopoulos who talk about their enjoyment of Jane Austen and including film of festivities during the City of Bath Jane Austen Bi-centenary Celebration Week.
Film cameraman JOHN HOOPER Film recordist WALLY PLUMMER Film editor DAVID HOPE
Executive producer MIKE WOOLLER Director CHRISTOPHER BURSTALL Preview: page 17