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[06/20/25 - 11:08 PM]
Development Update: Week of June 16-20
Updates include: "Tucci in Italy" to return for second season on National Geographic; Timothy Olyphant boards "The Five-Star Weekend" at Peacock; and Netflix lands reboot of "The Land of the Lost."
[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:
· Aaron Gill as John Sparrow
· Anna Fenton-Garvey as Charlotte Lucas
· Dónal Finn as Mr Hayward
· Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet
· Grace Hogg-Robinson as Lydia
· Indira Varma as Mrs Gardiner
· Jasmine Sharp as Rebecca
· Laurie Davidson as Mr Ryder
· Maddie Close as Jane
· Molly Wright as Kitty
· Poppy Gilbert as Lizzie
· Reggie Absolom as George
· Richard Coyle as Mr Gardiner
· Richard E. Grant as Mr Bennet
· Roisin Bhalla as Marianne
· Ruth Jones as Mrs Bennet
· Ryan Sampson as Mr Collins
· Tanya Reynolds as Caroline Bingley
· Varada Sethu as Ann Baxter
CREW INFORMATION:
· Becca Kinder as EP
· Jane Tranter as EP
· Janice Hadlow as BOOK/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