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[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)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
5/22/25
STATUS:
currently in development (2024-2025 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
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