She wrote about her visit in a letter to her sister Cassandra.
Elinor appears to be vaguely based on the author's older sister, Cassandra Austen.
Jane Austen | Cassandra Wilson | Cassandra | Cassandra Clare | Austen Chamberlain | Kate Austen | Austen Henry Layard | Cassandra Peterson | Austen Riggs Center | Edward Austen Knight | Cassandra Steen | Cassandra Austen | Sir Robert Austen, 4th Baronet | Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen | Cassandra Poudrier | Cassandra Morris | Cassandra B. Whyte | The Jane Austen Book Club (film) | The Cassandra Crossing | ''Lost in Austen'' (2008) | John Warren (Austen family friend) | Jane Austen's House Museum | Jane Austen Centre | Jane austen | Isabel Vallé Austen - donated her sister Zoe's home to be a library. Portrait by John Singer Sargent | Godwin-Austen | David Austen | Cassandra's Dream | Cassandra (novel) | Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse |
It was first broadcast on 1 June 2007, starring Jasmine Hyde as Austen and Andrew Scott as Lefroy, along with Penny Downie as Mrs Austen, Jane Whittenshaw as Mrs Lefroy, Rachel Atkins as Anne Lefroy, Lynne Seamore as Cassandra Austen, Keiron Self as John Warren, and Manon Edwards as Ellen, and directed by Celia De Wolff.