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[06/17/25 - 07:33 AM]
Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, and Richard Coyle to Take on Iconic Austen Characters in BBC's "The Other Bennet Sister"
Filming has commenced in Wales on the 10 part series, a co-production with BritBox International.
[05/22/25 - 09:07 AM]
"The Other Bennet Sister" Finds Its Mary Ella Bruccoleri to Star in New BritBox Drama Based on the Best-Selling Novel by Janice Hadlow
Bruccoleri will take on the role of one of Jane Austen's most unassuming characters: Mary Bennet - the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.







OTHER BENNET SISTER, THE (BRITBOX)
Premieres in TBA 2026 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
???
STATUS:
new in 2025/2026 (date TBA)
TIME SLOT:
not on the schedule
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (10 episodes)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
10 episodes
DESCRIPTION:
(from BritBox's press release, May 2025) BritBox has announced that Ella Bruccoleri (Call the Midwife, Bridgerton, Paddington in Peru) will lead the cast as Mary Bennet in the ten-episode series The Other Bennet Sister (10x30'), produced by Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials, Industry) for BritBox International in a co-production with BBC iPlayer and BBC One.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet
CREW INFORMATION:
· Becca Kinder as EP
· Jane Tranter as EP
· Janice Hadlow as BOOK
· Janice Hadlow as EP
· Kate Crowther as EP
· Rebecca Ferguson as EP
· Sarah Quintrell as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Bad Wolf