Masterpiece

- Season 37

(2009)

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In Victorian England, Sally Lockhart receives an anonymous note sending her on a mysterious quest. Her father has recently died and feeling suffocated living with her elderly aunt moves in with newfound friends, a photographer and his sister. She is soon made aware that the mysterious Mrs. Holland is out to kill her. In the end, she realizes the solution to the mystery is rooted in events that occurred long ago when she lived with her father in India and a recurring dream she has had ever since.

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Based on the life and letters of Jane Austen, Miss Austen Regrets tells the story of the novelist's final years, examining why, despite setting the standard for romantic fiction, she died having never married or met her own Mr. Darcy.

So angry is she at the state of politics and so distrustful of the politicians on offer that local supermarket manager Mrs Pritchard stands on an Independent ticket at the General Election, determined to make a point. And what starts as a bit of a joke gathers momentum with even a couple of heavyweight politicians defecting to Mrs Pritchard's side. She's a breath of fresh air; she speaks the language people have wanted to hear for so very long. The country, previously apathetic at the paltry options available, turn out in their millions and elect Mrs Pritchard's ...