Miss Austen

Composer: Dominik Scherrer – View bio »

Release Date (digital): 19 February 2025

About the album

This is composer Dominik Scherrer’s (The Serpent, Boat Story, The Tourist) captivating soundtrack to the historical drama Miss Austen. 

Adapted by BAFTA-winning writer Andrea Gibb from Gill Hornby’s best-selling novel, the four-part series stars Keeley Hawes, Rose Leslie, Synnøve Karlsen, Patsy Ferran, Jessica Hynes, Mirren Mack, Phyllis Logan, Kevin McNally, Max Irons, Alfred Enoch, Calam Lynch and Liv Hill.

‘Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine. The drama begins in 1830, many years after Jane has died. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) rushes to visit Isabella (Rose Leslie), the niece of her long-dead fiancé, who is about to lose her home following her father’s death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help Isabella, but her real motive is to find a hidden bundle of private letters which, in the wrong hands, she fears could destroy Jane’s reputation. On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashback, we meet Young Cassy (Synnøve Karlsen) and Jane (Patsy Ferran) as they navigate the romantic infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes which shaped their lives, and laid the foundations for Jane’s unforgettable stories. Cassandra’s re-evaluation of her past eventually leads her to find a way to guide Isabella towards the path of true happiness.’

Miss Austen is currently airing in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and will air in the US on Masterpiece PBS from the 4th May.

The series is a co-production between Bonnie Productions and Masterpiece, in association with the BBC and Federation Stories.