The BBC has released new pictures for Miss Austen, a star-studded production of Gill Hornby’s best-selling novel of the same name, produced by Bonnie Productions for MASTERPIECE, in association with the BBC.

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Miss Austen will star Line of Duty's Keeley Hawes as Jane Austen's sister Cassandra, as well as Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie and Jessica Hynes

Bodyguard and Line of Duty star Hawes takes on the lead role of Cassandra, who is described as "a character as captivating as any Austen heroine," while Leslie (Game of Thrones, Vigil) stars as Isabella Fowle, the niece of Cassandra's long-dead fiancé.

Phyllis Logan ( Downton Abbey, Shetland ), Max Irons ( Condor, The Wife ), and and Liv Hill ( The Serpent Queen, Elizabeth Is Missing) are also seen in their roles for the first time. Jessica Hynes (Life After Life, Years and Years), and Kevin McNally (The Crown, Ten Percent) also star across the costume drama.

Keeley is set to portray Jane Austen's sister, Cassandra Austen, in the star-studded adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel, Miss Austen. The four-part series, scheduled for release on BBC One in 2025, will commemorate 250 years since the celebrated author's birth.

The four-part drama will be released on BBC One in 2025, to celebrate 250 years since the legendary author's birth.