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Has novelist Jane Austen's sense and sensibility given way to sex and sensuality in BBC's latest TV version?(News)

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From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Date: 20071231
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Byline: By Abbie Wightwick Western Mail

Screenwriter Andrew Davies last night rubbished accusations he had sexed up his latest Jane Austen adaptation in a battle for ratings.

Mr Davies said sex was in all Austen's novels and he had no apologies to make for his raunchy version of Sense and Sensibility being screened on BBC1 tomorrow.

Mr Davies was speaking after being accused by Patrick Stokes, chairman of the Jane Austen Society and a relative of the author, of "degrading fine English literature" through including sex scenes in his new version.

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