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.

A new period drama based around a little-known era of Jane Austen’s life is set to air on the BBC next year. Miss Austen, based on Gill Hornby’s best-selling book of the same name, observes the mystery as to why Cassandra Austen infamously chose to burn her sister Jane Austen’s letters – a move that many historians and literary experts have lamented over the years.

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