JANE AUSTEN - BBC GIVES AUSTEN SEX IN THE CITY MAKEOVER

A new BBC adaptation of JANE AUSTEN's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY has been likened to saucy TV show SEX AND THE CITY. The broadcaster has been accused of "sexing up" the classic romantic drama, giving it a similar makeover to that of the 1995 adaptation of Austen's Pride And Prejudice, which saw Colin Firth as the handsome Mr Darcy. But now producers are going one step further and describing it as "Sex and the City in the country". Screenwriter Andrew Davis, who was also behind the other Austen production, says, "The novel is as much about sex and money as social conventions. This drama is more overtly sexual than most previous Austen adaptations."