Ladies – It’s Drool Time

Thanks to my pal MB who sent me the email about it – but PBS rocks in 2008.

Check out the schedule of Masterpiece Theater for the first half of 2008:

Persuasion
Sally Hawkins appears as Anne Elliot, a woman destined for spinsterhood
after a proposal eight years earlier. Then her spurned suitor reappears.

Northanger Abbey
In a medieval house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies, romance addict
Catherine Moreland (Felicity Jones) begins a relationship with the younger
son of the estate.

Mansfield Park
After being sent to live at Mansfield Park, Fanny Price (Billie Piper)
navigates a labyrinth of intrigues and affairs among its occupants.

Miss Austen Regrets
Courtship she knew well; only the last act eluded her. A film biography that
dramatizes Jane Austen’s lost loves.

Pride and Prejudice
Colin Firth is Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle is Elizabeth Bennet in the
definitive adaptation of the most-loved of all Austen novels.

Emma
Kate Beckinsale stars in the title role as the tireless matchmaker who
professes no interest in matrimony for herself, only for her orphaned
protégée, Harriet Smith (Samantha Morton).

Sense and Sensibility
Though poor, levelheaded Elinor Dashwood (Hattie Morahan) and her
impulsive sister Marianne (Charity Wakefield) attract a trio of promising
gentlemen.

A Room with a View
Elaine Cassidy is Lucy Honeychurch, who arrives at an Italian guest house
and is offered a room with a view by Mr. Emerson and his eccentric son
George. Adapted by Andrew Davies.

My Boy Jack
Daniel Radcliffe, in his first TV role since finding fame as Harry Potter, plays
Jack, the son of Rudyard Kipling, in this moving family drama set during
World War I. Also stars Kim Cattrall.

Cranford
In 1842, Cranford is a village on the brink of change, where some find
romance and opportunity, and others fear the breakdown of social order.
Cast includes Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton.

Sadly, I missed the first show, which airs on Sundays – although the website says that some local stations will air repeats during the week. And yes, that IS the delicious Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy appearing in there. Yum.