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Top screenwriter compares Jane Austen to cult E4 reality television series

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The Independent UK · Sep 15

Jane Austen and Made in Chelsea are basically the same, top screenwriter claims

Andrew Davies, best known for adapting the Nineties BBC version of ‘Pride & Prejudice’, said that there are numerous parallels between Austen and the long-running reality show

The Independent UK · Sep 15

Andrew Davies admits to drawing on ‘stimulating’ Made in Chelsea for Jane Austen adaptation

Screenwriter points to parallels between two worlds while academic says some of author’s characters ‘would make perfect reality show contestants’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14

Former servicemen settle legal claims for more than £700,000 over hearing loss

The cases were some of around 10,000 against the Ministry of Defence over hearing loss suffered during military service.

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025

‘She should get sacked’: constituents vent anger in Rayner stamp duty row

In Ashton-under-Lyne there is little sympathy for the deputy prime minister’s tax troubles

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025

From orgies to marathon sex scenes: how did period drama get so raunchy?

Non-stop coitus, controversial nudity and shocking sex toys: steamy scenes in costume dramas have changed since Colin Firth got his shirt wet in Pride and Prejudice. Here is an outrageous history of small-screen sauciness

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025

Once more unto the breeches: the 20 best Jane Austen TV dramas – ranked!

Colin Firth in a wet shirt! Elizabeth Bennet as a YouTuber! As the BBC marks the author’s 250th anniversary with four-parter Miss Austen, we pick her finest television outings

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025

A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early

Homelessness has now taken the lead as Australia’s largest and most damning disparity in life expectancy.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2024

The top 16 Jane Austen adaptations, from Persuasion to Pride and Prejudice

Some of the best costume dramas on the big and small screen were adapted from an Austen classic, including the BBC’s 1995 TV series ‘Pride and Prejudice’, which catapulted Colin Firth to fame. Charlotte Cripps picks the biggest successes on the 250th birthday of the English literary titan

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024

Singapore Airlines: Experts from around the world begin probe of deadly turbulence

US National Transportation Safety Board is sending a representative and advisors because the incident involved a Boeing

The Independent UK · May 22, 2024