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).

BBC AND PBS TO DO MISS AUSTEN RETURNS SERIES A FOLLOW UP TO MISS AUSTEN WITH KEELEY HAWES

  MISS AUSTEN RETURNS  

 A FOLLOW UP TO MISS AUSTEN TV SERIES

The same team will do the follow up

BBC and PBS are set to do a follow up series to their Miss Austen titled MISS AUSTEN RETURNS based on Gill Hornby's The Elopement novel. Keeley Hawes will probably return as Cassandra, Jane's sister in  the true story that happens later on from Miss Austen, around the 1820s, and within a wing of the family that involves Cassandra, as Deadline writes. But the past-tense years that the series will focus on will be ones that were highly creative for Jane when her novels were actually being published. Cassandra is carrying the flame in the present-tense part, and rather than burning letters and looking after Jane’s privacy as in the first series, this will be about an interpretation of Jane’s meaning and value.

BBC REVEALS THE LEAD FOR THEIR REGENCY ERA SET COSTUME DRAMA THE OTHER BENNET SISTER

 THE OTHER BENNET SISTER 

ELLA BRUCCOLERI TAKES THE LEAD ROLE

BBC One has announced last year that they will produce THE OTHER BENNET SISTER period set series and now we have news that Ella Bruccoleri will take the lead role. Ten half hour episodes will follow one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters: Mary Bennet, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The series takes as its premise that when it comes to the Bennet sisters, while women dream of being Lizzy, in reality most of them are more like Mary. The series follows 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. Her journey will see her leave her family home in Meryton for the soirees of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention. It will also stream on BritBox.

JACK LOWDEN TO PLAY MR. DARCY IN NETFLIX TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE?

   JACK LOWDEN TO PLAY  

MR. DARCY IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE?

Earlier today we had a trailer for his new western movie Tornado and now rumour around the town is that our dearest Jack Lowden is in negotiations to

Netflix has not yet confirmed the news

play Mr. Darcy in new TV series adaptation of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE over at Netflix. Dolly Alderton has already written the scripts for the 19th century novel adaptation that tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who eventually fall in love but have to navigate various obstacles as Elizabeth’s father seeks a male heir. That is third Austen project recently beside The Other Bennet Sister series from BBC and recently aired Miss Austen series with Keeley Hawes also at BBC and PBS.

BBC RELEASES TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR MISS AUSTEN SERIES WITH KEELEY HAWES, PATSY FERRAN, MAX IRONS, ALFRED ENOCH, CALAM LYNCH

  MISS AUSTEN SERIES  

BBC RELEASES TRAILER AND AIR DATE

BBC has released trailer and February 2nd air date for their upcoming new mini series MISS AUSTEN which will also air on PBS in USA but from May 4th, marking 250 years since Austen's birth. The four part drama stars Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, with Synnøve Karlsen, Patsy Ferran, Phyllis Logan, Max Irons, Alfred Enoch, Calam Lynch, Mirren Mack, Kevin McNally also in the cast. On PBS it will air   in May and you can see what you can expect if you check out the first trailer below the post released earlier this morning by the British broadcaster.

  THE DRAMA BEGINS IN 1830
many years after Jane has died. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) rushes to visit Isabella (Rose Leslie), the niece of her long-dead fiancé, who is about to lose her home following her father’s death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help Isabella, but her real motive is to find a hidden bundle of private letters which,in the wrong hands, she fears could destroy Jane’s reputation. On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashback, we meet Young Cassy (Synnøve Karlsen) and Jane (Patsy Ferran) as they navigate the romantic infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes which shaped their lives, and laid the foundations for Jane’s unforgettable stories. Cassandra’s re-evaluation of her past eventually leads her to find a way to guide Isabella towards the path of true happiness. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

BBC RELEASES NEW IMAGES FROM MISS AUSTEN SERIES WITH KEELEY HAWES, PATSY FERRAN, MAX IRONS, ALFRED ENOCH, CALAM LYNCH

  MISS AUSTEN SERIES  

BBC RELEASES BRAND NEW IMAGES

BBC has released new images from their upcoming new mini series MISS AUSTEN which will arrive sometime next year and will also air on PBS in USA marking 250 years since Austen's birth. The four part drama stars Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, with Synnøve Karlsen, Patsy Ferran, Phyllis Logan, Max Irons, Alfred Enoch, Calam Lynch, Mirren Mack, Kevin McNally also in the cast. On PBS it will air in May and you can see glimpses of the new series down in the trailer for PBS Masterpiece spring 2025 offer of new shows.

 

  THE DRAMA BEGINS IN 1830
many years after Jane has died. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) rushes to visit Isabella (Rose Leslie), the niece of her long-dead fiancé, who is about to lose her home following her father’s death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help Isabella, but her real motive is to find a hidden bundle of private letters which,in the wrong hands, she fears could destroy Jane’s reputation. On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashback, we meet Young Cassy (Synnøve Karlsen) and Jane (Patsy Ferran) as they navigate the romantic infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes which shaped their lives, and laid the foundations for Jane’s unforgettable stories. Cassandra’s re-evaluation of her past eventually leads her to find a way to guide Isabella towards the path of true happiness.

 

NETFLIX PREPARING PRIDE AND PREJUDICE TV SERIES BASED ON JANE AUSTEN BOOK

  PRIDE AND PREJUDICE  

TV SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT AT NETFLIX

Netflix has not yet confirmed the news

Or at least that is the gossip around the town: beside The Other Bennet Sister series from BBC mentioned earlier this week and Miss Austen series with Keeley Hawes over at BBC and PBS, it seems we are getting a TV series adaptation of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE as well but this time over at Netflix. Dolly Alderton has already written the scripts for the 19th century novel adaptation that tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who eventually fall in love but have to navigate various obstacles as Elizabeth’s father seeks a male heir. According to Deadline, the series has not been greenlit yet and Netflix has not confirmed the news. They already had an unsuccessful adaptation of Persuasion with Dakota Johnson a few years ago. 

BBC TO PRODUCE THE OTHER BENNET SISTER INTO A TEN PART REGENCY ERA SET SERIES INSPIRED BY JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE CHARACTER

 THE OTHER BENNET SISTER 

NEW PERIOD SET SERIES FROM BBC

BBC has announced work on ten part-series THE OTHER BENNET SISTER a fresh spin around the ballroom for one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters: Mary Bennet. Based on the hit novel by Janice Hadlow, it will focus on the

The series will have ten half hour episodes

seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The half hour series will be written by Sarah Quintrell.

  THE SERIES 

takes as its premise that, when it comes to the Bennet sisters, while women dream of being Lizzy, in reality most of them are more like Mary. Unlike her sisters, Mary isn’t your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer… overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands. The series gives Mary Bennet the epic love story nobody predicted for her, taking her from her family home in Meryton to the soirees of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District - all in search of independence, romance and, most elusive of all, self-love and acceptance. 

 

IT IS JANE AUSTEN ON HALLMARK ALL FEBRUARY: SEE THE FILMS AND COSTUME DRAMAS STARRING WILL KEMP, DAN JEANNOTTE AND OTHERS

 JANE AUSTEN ON HALLMARK 

PAGING MR. DARCY WITH WILL KEMP

Paging Mr. Darcy starts February 3rd

To celebrate the month of love this year, Hallmark has decided to fill February weekends with Jane Austen inspired romantic movies and they called it Loveuary, a whole month celebrating love through brand new films about Jane Austen featuring some of your favourite Hallmark stars like our dashing Will Kemp who leads the first movie that opens this Austen marathon. PAGING MR. DARCY launches this lovefest from February 3rd with Will Kemp and Mallory Jansen in lead roles. When an overly serious scholar attends a Jane Austen annual conference where she is asked to give a keynote speech, she strikes a deal with the man playing Mr. Darcy and finds her perspective, and her heart, changed. Check out the trailer below the post.

AN AMERICAN IN AUSTEN

An American in Austen starts February 17th

Yes, I spelled it right. This love drama will start on Hallmark, Saturday evening February 17th starring Eliza Bennett and Nicholas Bishop in  the lead roles, while the other members of the cast are for some reason still kept under wraps, but that is more or less usual for Hallmark. In this new love movie comedy  AN AMERICAN IN AUSTEN Eliza Bennett finds herself in the role of Harriet, a woman who thinks that no real man can really compare to Austen's famous romantic hero Mr. Darcy, and is by some miracle transported into Pride & Prejudice where she gets an unexpected chance to find out if that is really true or not.

 

HALLMARK'S SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

We will see Dan Jeannotte February 24th

It was strange that Hallmark kept the cast of this one hidden for a long time and we had almost no information about it other that it will be their movie adaptation of Jane Austen's famous work SENSE AND SENSIBILITY but now that they have finally unveiled first images it became clear why they kept it from the public: it will obviously be a completely blackwashed version of the classic story.

  The movie follows two women: Marianne struggles to choose between two men while Elinor longs for a men she cannot reach. It stars Deborah Ayorinde, Bethany Antonia and out beloved Hallmark and Star Trek hunk Dan Jeannotte who is looking good in tight breeches. The other costumes look colourful and lovely too, it seems they invested more in it and it had a bigger budget than most of their flicks. Does this mean we might get more costume dramas from Hallmark? This one closes the month of love on Saturday evening February 24th!