"Lost in Austen" Episode #1.2 (2008)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Dan Zeff

Writers:

Guy Andrews (written by)
Jane Austen (novel)

TV Series:

"Lost in Austen" (2008)

Original Air Date:

10 September 2008 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Amanda arrives at Netherfield shortly after Jane. She realizes that things don't go according to plan...

Plot Keywords:

Austen | Time Travel | Costume Drama | Britain | Romanticism

Cast

Jemima Rooper	...	Amanda Price
Morven Christie	...	Jane Bennet
Elliot Cowan	...	Mr. Darcy
Alex Kingston	...	Mrs. Bennet
Hugh Bonneville	...	Mr. Bennet
Tom Mison	...	Mr. Bingley
Christina Cole	...	Caroline Bingley
Florence Hoath	...	Kitty Bennet
Tom Riley	...	Mr. Wickham
Perdita Weeks	...	Lydia Bennet
Ruby Bentall	...	Mary Bennet
Guy Henry	...	Mr. Collins
Michelle Duncan	...	Charlotte Lucas

Trivia:

Mr Bingley's phrase "steer the punt from the Cambridge end", to describe lesbians, refers to the different practices used by Cambridge and Oxford university students when propelling punts on their respective rivers. Cambridge students tend to stand on the raised platform at the back of the boat, whereas Oxford students more often stand in the well of the boat with the raised platform at the front of the boat. If the boat happens to hit another boat or the river-bank, the well of the boat is a safer place to be standing as there is a greater chance that the punter will fall into the boat rather than out of the boat into the water. Evidently Mr Bingley is of the Oxford persuasion in that he regards the Cambridge practice as the unusual one.

Quotes:

[Amanda is trying to discourage the attentions of Mr. Bingley by claiming to be a lesbian]
Mr Bingley: I must confess I cannot stop thinking of your lips. Of, God help me, your tongue... I'm drawn to you - I'm a man.
Amanda Price: And I'm a woman, and I'm drawn to other women.
Mr Bingley: [hesitantly] You mean there really *are* ladies who... steer the punt from the Cambridge end?

Soundtrack:

Downtown