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So, apart from Laurence Olivier, David Rintoul, Colin Firth and Matthew MacFadyen, who makes the best Darcy? It’s a bit of a wooden spoon contest of course, but nevertheless enough to occupy my little mind, and hopefully the larger minds of our dear readers. I’m talking about the Darcys of Bride and Prejudice, Pride and [...]

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the ‘illiberal’ minded, nerve suffering but hilarious Mrs Bennet. In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Brenda Blethyn (2005), Alison Steadman (1995), Priscilla Morgan (1980), Mary Boland (1940) and Alex Kingston (lost in Austen).

This is our final feature on the endings of the major TV adaptations and Pride and Prejudice movies, with transcripts of the final scenes.
Click here for the BBC 1980 version.
Click here for the BBC 1995 dramatization.
Click here for the 2005 movie.
The 1940 movie departs from the novel to such a degree, particularly during the final [...]

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the ‘handsome’, ‘affable’ and infinitley ‘agreeable’ Mr Bingley. In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Simon Woods (2005), Crispin Bonham-Carter (1995), Osmund Bullock (1980), Bruce Lester (1940) and Tom Mison (lost in Austen).

OK, so Pemberley might be an imaginary place, but the beautiful stately homes that play the role in the 1995 BBC adaptation and the 2005 movie certainly fill its britches admirably. Likewise, the other houses chosen for Longbourn, Netherfield and Rosings have also become hugely evocative locations for P&P fans. For lovers of the novel [...]

This is our third feature on the endings of the major Pride and Prejudice adaptations. For the 1995 BBC series, click here. Click here for the 1980 BBC TV series.
As stated in our 1980 ending post, the final scenes of Pride and Prejudice are difficult to adapt for the screen. Tidy endings tend to work [...]