Sanditon ITV

[JaneJeffer]

Anyone watching?

Yes. Scenery looks a bit cardboardy...!

It does!

Yes. Is the woman with Kris Marshall the mum from the greatest showman?

Gratuitous nudity!

Jane Austen only wrote a couple of chapters of this before her death didn't she? The rest has just been made up...?

Indeed, and probably why it feels so bitty.

Watching as it's set locally to me.

Ohh hello handsome.

Creepy brother and sister

We've already reached the limit of JA work.

How does the farm girl who got picked up in the carriage know how to do ballroom dancing and where did she get her lovely dresses from?

And her wonderbra!

This is looking more like a parody by the moment and more Thackeray than Austen. Not engaged at all thus far.

It's definitely lacking the wit and depth of JA!

Agree, very laboured and unsubtle.

Very cardboardy sets - is it a bit low budget? It doesn't quite feel as solid and well structured as a usual Austen.

Odd music

And singing

Good grief - an unlikely musical number. And we have a Darcylite

He's a contrary fecker.

Trying to copy Mr Knightly/Emma convo?

Odd music

The music is the best thing about it. It's Julie Fowliss though so almost as anachronistic as Vanity Fair. JF also had a cameo in the ball scene.

And paraphrasing P&P

It's like JA fanfic.

It’s like Hunderby.

But I’m not sure they wanted it to be