How many ways can a young woman find true love amid the dinner parties, balls, carriage rides, picnics, and other picturesque opportunities to meet the opposite sex in turn-of-the-19th-century England? There are six transcendently satisfying scenarios, as told in a half-dozen enchanting novels by Jane Austen - one of the most beloved writers in all of literature.

For the first time on television, Austen fans can now sit down to a weekly feast of all of her immortal plots, presented by Masterpiece™ over the course of four months in beautifully acted, lavishly set, and gorgeously costumed adaptations. As a bonus, viewers will be treated to a new drama based on Austen's own bittersweet love life.

"The Complete Jane Austen" features all-new productions of "Persuasion," "Northanger Abbey," "Mansfield Park," and "Sense and Sensibility." The lineup also includes the acclaimed "Emma" starring Kate Beckinsale, and the Emmy Award-winning "Pride and Prejudice" that made Colin Firth a leading man.

"Emma"
Sunday, 6/15/08 from 9-11 p.m. ET
Friday, 6/20/08 from 1:30-3:30 a.m. ET
The New York Times praised this production as "smart and spirited ... understated and sly." Kate Beckinsale (The Aviator) stars in the title role as the tireless matchmaker who professes no interest in matrimony for herself, only for her orphaned protégée, Harriet Smith (Samantha Morton, Longford). Still, Emma does feel a certain twinge for Frank Churchill (Raymond Coulthard, "He Knew He Was Right") and a brotherly regard for Mr. Knightley (Mark Strong, "Prime Suspect 6"). Adapted by Andrew Davies. Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence. Executive producers, Delia Fine & Simon Lewis. Produced by Sue Birtwistle. Originally broadcast in February 1997.

"Pride and Prejudice"
Sundays, 6/22-7/6/08 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. ET
Colin Firth (Bridget Jones' Diary) is Mr. Darcy, and Jennifer Ehle (The Coast of Utopia) is Elizabeth Bennet in the definitive adaptation of the most-loved of all Austen novels. With five daughters, no sons, and an entailed estate, the elder Bennets are in dire straits as they try to arrange advantageous marriages. Wedding bells ring three times, but the path to true love is tortuous indeed. Adapted by Andrew Davies. Directed by Simon Langton. Executive producer, Michael Wearing. Produced by Sue Birtwistle.