Andrew Davies admits to drawing on ‘stimulating’ Made in Chelsea for Jane Austen adaptation
Some of the cast from Made in Chelsea in 2021. Photograph: Channel 4View image in fullscreenSome of the cast from Made in Chelsea in 2021. “These young men and women in The Watsons, for example, are very analogous to Made in Chelsea.”View image in fullscreenAndrew Davies said the young men and women in The Watsons were ‘very analogous’ to the characters of the Made in Chelsea reality show.
- ▪Some of the cast from Made in Chelsea in 2021.
- ▪Photograph: Channel 4View image in fullscreenSome of the cast from Made in Chelsea in 2021.
- ▪“These young men and women in The Watsons, for example, are very analogous to Made in Chelsea.”View image in fullscreenAndrew Davies said the young men and women in The Watsons were ‘very analogous’ to the characters of the Made in Chelsea
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Some of the cast from Made in Chelsea in 2021. Photograph: Channel 4View image in fullscreenSome of the cast from Made in Chelsea in 2021. Photograph: Channel 4Jane AustenAndrew Davies admits to drawing on ‘stimulating’ Made in Chelsea for Jane Austen adaptationScreenwriter points to parallels between two worlds while academic says some of author’s characters ‘would make perfect reality show contestants’Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondentMon 14 Sep 2026 13.41 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIf Jane Austen’s novels run on closed social worlds, courtship rituals, status anxiety, gossip and relentless scrutiny of who’s coupling with who, it follows that the obvious contemporary equivalent would be reality television.That’s according to Andrew Davies, the writer who has spent…
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