The Other Bennet Sister | |
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Based on | The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow |
Screenplay by | Sarah Quintrell |
Starring | Ella Bruccoleri |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Janice Hadlow Sarah Quintrell Dan McCulloch Kate Crowther Becca Kinder Jane Tranter Rebecca Ferguson |
Production company | |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
The Other Bennet Sister is an upcoming BBC One period drama television series made by Bad Wolf. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Janice Hadlow, based on characters created by Jane Austen with Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennett.
The first part of the series follows the events from Pride and Prejudice from Mary Bennet's point of view, before the story departs from that to follow Mary as she travels to London and the Lake District and the overlooked sister from the big Bennet family has a romantic adventure in Regency England. [1] [2]
The ten-part series is adapted by Sarah Quintrell from the 2020 novel of the same name by Janice Hadlow, based around the character Mary Bennet from the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice . It is produced by Bad Wolf for whom Dan McCulloch developed the project. Quintrell and Hadlow are executive producers with Kate Crowther, Becca Kinder and Jane Tranter executive producers with Rebecca Ferguson executive producer for the BBC. Sony Pictures Television have global rights. [3] In May 2025, BritBox was announced to be is co-producer with broadcasting rights in the U.S. and Canada. [4]
In May 2025, Ella Bruccoleri was announced as leading the cast in the role of Mary Bennet. [5] The following month, Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Richard Coyle and Indira Varma joined the cast, as well as Roisin Bhalla, Reggie Absolom and Jasmine Sharp, Laurie Davidson, Dónal Finn and Varada Sethu with Aaron Gill, Maddie Close, Poppy Gilbert, Molly Wright, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Tanya Reynolds, Anna Fenton-Garvey and Ryan Sampson. [6]
Filming took place in Bristol and Wales in June 2025. [7] [8]