READING BETWEEN THE LINES ON LOVE

250 years since Jane Austen arrived on our planet, a milestone that's spawned this smartly structured series, nosing through her books and precious letters to discover what made her tick.

- Anna Walker, senior arts and culture editor at The Conversation, goes sleuthing with colleagues, historians and Austen experts over six episodes, one for each of her major novels, wrapped around a question.

Was Jane a romantic? gets the treatment with a focus on original rom-com, Pride and Prejudice, and its different models of love, from the foolish lust of Lydia and Mr Wickham and practical hookup between Charlotte Lucas and Mr Collins, to the biggie - Lizzie Bennet and Mr Darcy, inspired by Jane’s cheeky flirtation with Thomas Lefroy, the later Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.