Masterpiece Theater

PBS has updated Masterpiece Theater. My interest is that yes- they are showing the complete Jane Austen collection. I may have mentioned I am a sucker for JA stuff. I have read all the books and own many versions of the films that have been made. I read completions, different point of view books, cultural adaptations, biographies and popular critical works.
The films being shown are a combo of new and previous releases. BBC's 5 hour P&P I can skip, as I have seen it about 50 times already. Emma is also not new- its the Kate Beckingsale version. But somehow I missed last week's film, a new version of Persuasion. I have the Amanda Root version and just adore it, but I like comparing, decoding the film makers intention and focus, seeing the different choices of how to adapt, what to leave out, how to change from a linear medium to a holistic presentation. Tonight I will see if they can do anything to rescue Northanger Abbey, JA's least liked and much misunderstood novel.
Many of these films collected here have been adapted by Andrew Davies, who seems to understand the urgency of feelings and the deep chemistry often missed when reading or seeing JA's work. It'll keep me on the couch Sunday nights for a while, I am sure. On my bedside table right now is a stack of school books, about Patient Education, Teaching Tools, and Health Literacy, so I will surly need another way to get my literary fix.