The BBC has released first look pictures for upcoming historical drama The Other Bennet Sister Ahead of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth (16 December 2025) the BBC has revealed first look photos from The Other Bennet Sister. Based on Janice Hadlow’s acclaimed novel, the new drama brings Mary Bennet — the oft-overlooked middle sister … >
Doctor Who’s Varada Sethu appears alongside Richard E. Grant, Ruth Jones and Indira Varma. The BBC have announced the start of filming on The Other Bennet Sister. The series, from screenwriter Sarah Quintrell, adapts Janice Hadlow’s 2020 novel which expands the world of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I) and … >
Despite it’s 2019 cancellation, the show based on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel is returning. While the itv adaptation of Sanditon, helmed by Andrew Davies, originally failed to do the numbers for itv, it has been revived thanks to a co-production deal involving Masterpiece on PBS and UK streamer Britbox. While the first season ended with … >
After a controversial ITV series and cancellation, Sanditon is coming back for two more seasons, but not to ITV The 2019 adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished Sanditon was magnificent to watch, superbly made and cast, but like a lot of viewers, we didn’t like the ending. The Austen novels (if you simplify a lot) were self-contained and … >
With Regency romance period drama very much in vogue, Netflix are bringing Jane Austen’s Persuasion to our screens and it will star Dakota Johnson Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) will star an adaptation of Persuasion for Netflix. Here’s what we’ve learned so far… For one thing this will not be a period drama, but a modern … >
Sanditon, an unfinished novel that Jane Austen was working on before her death, is being adapted for television by ITV. We’ve seen a trailer, and now we have a release date…
Mark Gatiss has hinted that English novelist Jane Austen could appear in an upcoming Doctor Who episode. The Sherlock co-creator has previously written six episodes for Doctor Who, including last year’s ‘Cold War’ and ‘The Crimson Horror’. His first Doctor Who episode, 2005’s ‘The Unquiet Dead’, featured Charles Dickens. Speaking at a recent Q&A session … >
BBC One’s recent adaptation of Death Comes To Pemberley will be released on DVD next month.
A clip has been released from BBC One’s adaptation of Death Comes To Pemberley, featuring Doctor Who star Jenna Coleman as Lydia Wickham.
A selection of photos from BBC One’s adaptation of Death Comes To Pemberley have been unveiled.