BRITBOX REVEALS FIRST LOOK AT "THE OTHER BENNET SISTER" CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Ruth Jones, Dónal Finn, Tanya Reynolds and Laurie Davidson among returning cast joining Ella Bruccoleri

Credit: Bad Wolf/ James Pardon, Courtesy of BritBox

· BritBox have revealed a first look at the three-part Christmas special of The Other Bennet Sister, continuing the story of Mary Bennet following the events of the first ten episodes. Produced by Bad Wolf for the BBC and BritBox North America, production recently wrapped in Wales.

· Ella Bruccoleri returns (Down Cemetery Road, Wicker) as Mary, as well as Dónal Finn (Young Sherlock, SAS Rogue Heroes) as her husband Tom Hayward. The tenth episode of the series saw Mary agreeing to wed Tom - but with marriage comes a new identity and the question remains: who will Mary become as Mrs. Hayward?

· Also returning are Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey, Stella) as Mrs. Bennet, Tanya Reynolds (Ted Lasso, Sex Education) as Caroline Bingley, Laurie Davidson (A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, The Girlfriend) as Mr. Ryder, Varada Sethu (Doctor Who, Andor) as Ann Baxter, Poppy Gilbert (My Oxford Year, Chloe) as Lizzie Darcy, Maddie Close (Sunflower Child) as Jane Bingley, Grace Hogg-Robinson (The Coroner, COBRA) as Lydia Wickham, Molly Wright (The A Word, APOSTASY) as Kitty Buncock, and Anna Fenton-Garvey (The Nevers) as Charlotte Collins. Nerys Amber Stocks (Out There, Mammoth) also joins the cast as Mary's housemaid Lucy.

· Screenwriter Sarah Quintrell (The Power, Ellen), who wrote nine of the ten episodes of the series, has written all three additional episodes based on storylines by author Janice Hadlow. Asim Abbasi (Cake) has returned to direct.

· Based on Janice Hadlow's acclaimed novel, The Other Bennet Sister followed Mary Bennet, the oft-overlooked middle sister in Pride & Prejudice as she navigated the societal pressures of Regency England, where marriage is both aspiration and necessity. In its first 90 days on BritBox in North America, The Other Bennet Sister delivered record-breaking performance, driving five times more new subscribers than any previous launch and achieving the highest streaming rate of any title launch on the service. Nearly half (47%) of BritBox's active subscribers have watched the series in that timeframe, which also helped drive the strongest quarter of subscriber growth in BritBox history and the service's highest-ever week of signups.

· The Other Bennet Sister special (3x30') is commissioned by Jon Farrar, Chief Content Officer, Direct to Consumer, BBC Studios, for BritBox North America and Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The executive producers are Kate Crowther, Becca Kinder and Jane Tranter for Bad Wolf, Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC, Robert Schildhouse, Jon Farrar and Jess O'Riordan for BritBox, Sarah Quintrell and Janice Hadlow. The special has been developed and overseen by Bad Wolf's Managing Director, Dan McCulloch and Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Rasmussen.

· Produced by Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials, Industry), the three-part special will air exclusively in the US and Canada on BritBox and exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

· Bad Wolf is supported by the Welsh Government via Creative Wales. Sony Pictures Television distributes The Other Bennet Sister internationally.

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About BritBox

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About Bad Wolf

Since launching in 2015, acclaimed independent production company Bad Wolf has produced an ambitious slate of award-winning high-end dramas from its base in Cardiff, Wales. Amongst other productions, highlights include The Other Bennet Sister for BBC/BritBox; four seasons of Industry for HBO/BBC with a fifth season planned for 2027; three seasons of His Dark Materials for BBC/HBO; three seasons of A Discovery of Witches for Sky/AMC; two seasons of I Hate Suzie for Sky/HBO Max; two seasons of Red Eye for ITV; two seasons of Doctor Who and accompany specials and mini-series The War Between The Land and the Sea for BBC/Disney branded television with BBCS. Production has just wrapped on Berlin Noir for Apple and is currently underway on The Lords' Day for Netflix. Sony International Television acquired a majority stake in the company in 2021.