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Lost in Austen

★ 7.3 12K votes 2008–2008 1 seasons · 4 episodes Ended ITV1
Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 8/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jemima RooperMorven ChristieAlex KingstonHugh BonnevillePerdita WeeksElliot Cowan
Starring
Jemima RooperMorven ChristieAlex KingstonHugh BonnevillePerdita WeeksElliot Cowan
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About

"Austen fan-fiction with real stakes and real charm"

A modern-day Austen obsessive stumbles through a mysterious door in her bathroom and swaps places with Elizabeth Bennet, landing inside the world of Pride and Prejudice while the real Lizzy is stuck in contemporary London. What follows is a breezy, self-aware romp that pokes fun at Austen fandom while still delivering swoony period romance. It's brisk, funny, and a little rough around the edges, carried entirely by its likeable lead and the sheer novelty of watching someone try to nudge Darcy's story back on track.

Watch it for

the fish-out-of-water fun of a modern woman trying to steer Pride and Prejudice back on course.

Maybe skip if

you want a faithful Austen adaptation rather than a cheeky, altered version of it.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Miniseries2008
7.570543h 2m
Amanda, an ardent Jane Austen fan, lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael, until she finds she's swapped places with Austen's fictional creation Elizabeth Bennet.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Episode #1.17.4
19746 min
2Episode #1.27.5
17544 min
3Episode #1.37.5
16646 min
4Episode #1.47.6
16746 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jemima Rooper Amanda Price
Morven Christie Jane Bennet
Alex Kingston Mrs Bennet
Hugh Bonneville Mr Bennet
Perdita Weeks Lydia Bennet
Elliot Cowan Mr Darcy
Tom Mison Mr Bingley
Christina Cole Caroline Bingley
Florence Hoath Kitty Bennet
Ruby Bentall Mary Bennet

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