Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

Today,  January 4th , is former  Pride & Prejudice  star  Claudie Blakley 's (best known to P&P Fans as  Charlotte Lucas  turned  Mrs. Collins  in  P&P movie )  51st birthday .

Wishing all the  P&P/Jane Austen fans  around the world, frequent  visitors , and faithful  readers  of this blog a  Happy New Year 2026 !  This year, September (UK) and November (USA)  2025  was the  20th anniversary  of  Joe Wright 's   Pride & Prejudice  (2005)  film starring  Keira Knightley  &  Matthew Macfadyen  and it was a great 20th anniversary celebration for this movie with lots of events (ie. big screening events, P&P official Merch release, P&P Ball, P&P Vinyl OST Re-Release, 4k Blu-ray release, etc.) and Jane Austen's 250th Birthday/Anniversary celebration!

Late on posting this...PBS Masterpiece recently announced on Jane Austen's 250th birthday ( December 16, 2025 ) that  Miss Austen  starring  Keeley Hawes  (aka  Matthew Macfadyen ’s real-life wife) as Miss  Cassandra Austen , (Jane’s older sister) returns for a second season ! It'll be based on Gill Hornby 's follow-up novel, " The Elopement ," which further delves into the family life of Jane and Cassandra Austen . Casting and further details will be announced in due course. Read more here . 

Wishing all the devoted  Pride & Prejudice Fans ,  v isitors , and all the faithful  P&P Blog Readers  here today a very...

A new teaser clip for the upcoming  The Other Bennet Sister   (starring  Ella Bruccoleri ) series has been released yesterday to celebrate the 250th Birthday of Jane Austen . The Other Bennet Sister  is coming soon on BritBox TV in the U.S. and Canada & BBC iPlayer in the UK! Watch it below courtesy of BritBoxTV on Instagram:

Happy 250th Birthday  to the lovely, genius and way ahead of her time, beloved English novelist, the one and only,  JANE AUSTEN ! Worth re-posting every year (and slightly edited and updated) for your FYI... Remembering and  celebrating her 250th birthday  today,  Jane Austen , the woman who wrote the original  Pride and Prejudice   novel (which had been made into  several TV and Film adaptations  including the  2005 film,  Pride & Prejudice ), which was her first (can you believe  unsuccessful ?!) submission to a publisher back in  1797  ( 228  years ago) titled  "First Impressions"  (later changed to  "Pride and Prejudice" ). She revised " First Impressions " and published it entitled " Pride and Prejudice " in  1813  ( 212  years ago, 11 months ago this year!).

Some first look photos of the upcoming BBC and BritBox ten part-series  The Other Bennet Sister   (starring  Ella Bruccoleri ), which   is a fresh spin around the ballroom for one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters:  Mary Bennet has been released! No premiere date has been announced yet, but it will be sometime in 2026. The Other Bennet Sister  is coming soon on BritBox TV in the U.S. and Canada & BBC iPlayer in the UK!