The reaction from Janeites when the show aired last fall in the United Kingdom was less than warm, in part because the series creator, Andrew Davies, played fast and loose with Austen’s admittedly sketchy plot. What was last year’s “Downton Abbey” film if not a giant Fabergé Easter egg for PBS-watching Anglophiles? The audience that craves the sight of ornate house furnishings and the sound of snappy bon mots delivered by dowagers or fops, and which prefers its romance smoldering and sublimated, is no less particular in its tastes than the most exacting sci-fi fanboy.īut can you have fan service for a popular author’s brand, rather than a comic-book franchise? The author in question is Jane Austen, and the case in point is “Sanditon,” an eight-part TV series very freely inspired by her unfinished final novel, now showing on PBS’s “Masterpiece” series through Feb. Pandering fan service isn’t just for “Star Wars” or the Marvel universe.
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