The BBC and BritBox have given the greenlight to a three-part Christmas special of The Other Bennet Sister.
The Pride and Prejudice reimagining starring Ella Bruccoleri in the lead role alongside Richard E. Grant and Ruth Jones has been a big hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
Produced again by Bad Wolf, the three-part Christmas special will continue to be written by Sarah Quintrell. Based on the book by former BBC Two Controller Janice Hadlow, the show follows Mary Bennet, the oft-overlooked middle sister in Pride and Prejudice as she navigates the societal pressures of Regency England, where marriage is both aspiration and necessity. The final episode of the series saw Mary agreeing to wed Tom Hayward, with the Christmas special set to pick up the story from there.
The BBC said The Other Bennet Sister is also one of its most successful social media campaigns of the year, generating 250 million views across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
Bad Wolf boss Jane Tranter said: “We always hoped audiences would fall in love with Mary Bennet’s story, but the response to The Other Bennet Sister has exceeded even our most optimistic expectations. These Christmas specials give us the chance to spend a little more time with characters audiences have taken to their hearts, and to explore what happens after the wedding bells fade and real life begins.”
The Other Bennet Sister is commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, for BBC iPlayer and BBC One and Jon Farrar, Chief Content Officer, Direct to Consumer, BBC Studios, for BritBox North America. The executive producers are Kate Crowther, Becca Kinder and Tranter for Bad Wolf, Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC, Robert Schildhouse, Farrar and Jess O’Riordan for BritBox, Quintrell and Hadlow. The series has been developed and overseen by Bad Wolf’s Managing Director, Dan McCulloch and Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Rasmussen.
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