Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius review - even the author herself would be a fan of this spot-on tribute

This prestigious documentary celebrating 250 years since the novelist's birth is a passionate, detailed - but never OTT - take on Austen. It will leave you rushing back to her books It is a truth universally acknowledged that if ever a novelist deserved a three-hour documentary deploying all the experts, all the excerpts from book and screen, all the re-enactments, all the life, all the literature, every bell and whistle, it is Jane Austen in the year 2025, the 250th anniversary of her birth. So...