![]() ![]() The spirit of “Sanditon” is beachy escapism, and this version offers a swoony take that should enrapture modern audiences. Let’s put aside period-appropriate mores for a moment and the hagiography of the original text. ![]() This take on “Sandition” first aired on ITV last summer in the U.K., and attracted a fair amount of pearl-clutching from traditionalists aghast at frequent allusions to, well, sex. Among his numerous other adaptations, executive producer Davies also wrote the BBC version of “Pride & Prejudice” in 1995 - yes, the one with wet Colin Firth emerging after swimming in a lake for no other reason than the world really, truly needed to see wet Colin Firth emerging swimming in a lake. This is definitely a sexed up TV version of courtship in Regency England. ![]() You’ll know exactly when the story transitions from Austen’s writing to that of her frequent adapter Andrew Davies because, frankly, Jane Austen never would write a scene that involves the heroine stumbling upon two people in a very compromising situation in a field. The 11 chapters completed by Austen makes up the first hour of “Sanditon” that will air over eight one-hour episodes on PBS’s Masterpiece. ‘Succession’ Review: Episode 9 Says Goodbye to a Father and Hello to the World He’s Wrought ![]()
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