AIR DATE AND TRAILER FOR BBC AND BRITBOX SERIES THE OTHER BENNET SISTER WITH LAURIE DAVIDSON, RICHARD E. GRANT, RICHARD COYLE, INDIRA VARMA, DONAL FINN

 THE OTHER BENNET SISTER 

TV SERIES RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED

BBC has released the first trailer for new ten part period drama THE OTHER BENNET SISTER based on Janice Hadlow’s novel. In the UK the series will air two episodes a week each Sunday from 15th of March while BritBox will premiere the series exclusively in the US and Canada a bit later on to be precise - on the 6th of May. 

THIS NEW COSTUME TV SERIES

reimagines the world of Pride and Prejudice through the eyes of Mary Bennet - the oft-overlooked middle sister - bringing a fresh perspective to Jane Austen’s iconic story as Mary steps out of the shadows and into her own life. Starring Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet, the series begins at Longbourn, where the Bennet family’s five unmarried daughters navigate the rigid expectations of Regency society. Her journey sees her leave her family home for the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love, and reinvention. We follow Mary as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity and purpose, finding herself in the middle of an epic love story along the way. Iconic settings from Pride and Prejudice include the Meryton Assembly Ball and the Netherfield Ball, where fortunes and futures are decided under glittering chandeliers. Richard E. Grant and Ruth Jones play her parents, with Indira Varma and Richard Coyle set as Mr and Mrs Gardiner, Mary’s worldly aunt and uncle. The Gardiners take Mary under their  wing as governess to their three children, Marianne (Roisin Bhalla), George (Reggie Absolom), and Rebecca (Jasmine Sharp), introducing her to a  new social world that includes Mr Hayward (Donal Finn), Mr Ryder (Laurie Davidson), and Ann Baxter (Varada Sethu). See the new trailer below:

 

SEE NEW IMAGES FROM JANE AUSTEN INSPIRED THE OTHER BENNET SISTER PERIOD SET SERIES FROM BBC AND BRITBOX

  THE OTHER BENNET SISTER  

NEW IMAGES FROM BBC AND BRITBOX SERIES

After the first images released back in December last year, BBC and BritBox have released some new images for their THE OTHER BENNET SISTER which tells the story of Mary Bennet, played by Ella Bruccoleri, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Richard E. Grant and Ruth Jonesplay her parents, with Indira Varma and Richard Coyle set as Mr and Mrs Gardiner, Mary’s worldly aunt and uncle. The Gardiners take Mary under their wing as governess to their three children, Marianne (Roisin Bhalla), George (Reggie Absolom), and Rebecca (Jasmine Sharp), introducing her to a new social world that includes Mr Hayward (Donal Finn), Mr Ryder (Laurie Davidson), and Ann Baxter (Varada Sethu). It will have ten half hour episodes and will air sometime in March this year on BBC One in United Kingdom and on BritBox over in Northern America. You can also check out the early teaser trailer that was released a month ago.

 

FIRST IMAGES FROM JANE AUSTEN INSPIRED THE OTHER BENNET SISTER PERIOD SET SERIES FROM BBC AND BRITBOX

  THE OTHER BENNET SISTER  

FIRST IMAGES FROM BBC AND BRITBOX SERIES

BBC and BritBox have released first images for their THE OTHER BENNET SISTER which tells the story of Mary Bennet, played by Ella Bruccoleri, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Richard E. Grant and Ruth Jonesplay her parents, with Indira Varma and Richard Coyle set as Mr and Mrs Gardiner, Mary’s worldly aunt and uncle. The Gardiners take Mary under their wing as governess to their three children, Marianne (Roisin Bhalla), George (Reggie Absolom), and Rebecca (Jasmine Sharp), introducing her to a new social world that includes Mr Hayward (Donal Finn), Mr Ryder (Laurie Davidson), and Ann Baxter (Varada Sethu). It will have ten half hour episodes.

THE OTHER BENNET SISTER COSTUME DRAMA ADS LAURIE DAVIDSON, RICHARD E. GRANT, RICHARD COYLE, INDIRA VARMA, DONAL FINN AND OTHERS

  THE OTHER BENNET SISTER  

LAURIE DAVIDSON JOINS THE CAST

After hiring Ella Bruccoleri as the lead, BBC and BritBox continue casting for their THE OTHER BENNET SISTER which tells the story of Mary Bennet, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Richard E. Grant and Ruth Jones will play her parents, with Indira Varma and Richard Coyle set as Mr and 

Richard Coyle, Laurie Davidson, Donal Finn have join the cast

Mrs Gardiner, Mary’s worldly aunt and uncle. The Gardiners take Mary under their wing as governess to their three children, Marianne (Roisin Bhalla), George (Reggie Absolom), and Rebecca (Jasmine Sharp), introducing her to a new social world that includes Mr Hayward (Donal Finn), Mr Ryder (Laurie Davidson), and Ann Baxter (Varada Sethu).

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON SAS ROGUE HEROES HISTORICAL SERIES STARTING TONIGHT! MEET CHARACTERS THAT CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN, DOMINIC WEST ARE PLAYING

  SAS ROGUE HEROES  

 ARRIVES TONIGHT TO BBC

Officially the last series of October, together with Marie Antoinette which starts tomorrow in France,  is period set series SAS ROGUE HEROES coming from Steven Knight. The six-part series, which starts

The series starts October 30th on BBC

tonight on BBC One and will later on air on Epix in USA as well, stars Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, Sofia Boutella, and Dominic West, in a dramatised account of how the SAS was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two. Cairo, 1941. David Stirling (Swindells), an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong, is bored. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic. On Epix it starts November 13th, on Canal Plus in France December 1st.

 

MEET DAVID STIRLING

Connor Swindells is David Stirling in the series,  the real-life founder of the SAS, who when we first meet him in the series is an eccentric young officer serving with 8 Commando. He is frustrated with the military authorities and their handling of strategy. This is Connor's first series lead.

MEET PADDY MAYNE

Jack O'Connell is Paddy Mayne in the series, he was a real-life British army officer and a founding member of the SAS. He is portrayed in the series as something of a live-wire, who is won round by Stirling. O'Connell led The North Water series last year.

MEET JOCK LEWES

Alfie Allen plays Jock Lewes in the new series. Lewes was the real-life founding principal training officer of the SAS, who at the start of the series shares with Stirling his idea of parachuting units of men into the desert to attack by surprise! Alfie starred in Game of Thrones.

MEET MIKE SADLER

Tom Glynn Carney, who currently can be seen in House of the Dragon as Prince Aegon Targaryen, portrays Mike Sadler in the new series based on a book by Ben Macintyre and will air till a week before Christmas. He was also a real-life figure and one of the first officers to join the SAS.

MEET BILL FRASER

Stunningly handsome blond hunk Stuart Campbell  will portray Bill Fraser in the new series which was shot during the hellish summer heat of over 50*C down in Morocco where the crew experienced the same climate as the real SAS soldiers!  Bill was a real-life member of the SAS in the Second World War.

MEET EOIN MCGONIGAL

Dashing Donal Finn, who previously had small roles in other epic shows such as The Wheel of Time and The Witcher, will portray Eoin McGonigal in this new series from BBC and Epix. Like the others, Eoin McGonigal was also a real-life member of the SAS in World War II.