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"Pride and Prejudice" (1995) More at IMDbPro »

• Joanna David (Mrs. Gardiner) and Emilia Fox (Georgianna Darcy) are real life mother and daughter.
  
  
• The grand estate of Pemberley doesn't actually exist. The exteriors of the house belong to Lyme Park and the interiors belong to Sudbury Hall.
  
  
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr. Bingley) originally auditioned for the part of George Wickham.
  
  
• Lucy Davis (Maria Lucas) originally auditioned for the part of Lydia Bennet.
  
  
• Susannah Harker, who plays Jane, is the daughter of Polly Adams, who played Jane in an earlier BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice" (1967).
  
  
• Helen Fielding, author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" had both the character of Mr. Darcy from this production and the actor Colin Firth in mind when she created the character Mark Darcy in "Bridget Jones." Colin Firth played Mark Darcy in the "Bridget Jones's Diary" movie.
  
  
• According to the DVD extras, Colin Firth initially declined the role of Mr. Darcy.
  
  
• Anna Chancellor (Miss Bingley) is actually related to Jane Austen. Chancellor is a direct descendant of Austen's elder brother, Edward.
  
  
• Someone had waxed the floor the night before filming the scene at Lucas Lodge where Lydia and Kitty start an impromptu dance, making it too slippery (and therefore dangerous) to dance on. After the crew tried a number of different chemicals to try and remove the wax, someone had the brilliant idea of pouring Coca Cola all over it.
  
  
• Susannah Harker was pregnant during filming, but was able to continue due to the cut of the costumes and some cleverly placed shawls.
  
  
• Jennifer Ehle (Lizzy Bennet) is a blonde. The dark hair she wears during this production is a wig. Knowing she would be wearing a wig for filming, Jennifer had her hair cut very short. This was a problem for the stylists, who had to cover the wisps of blonde hair that escaped from the back of the wig. They would have preferred her hair to have been kept long, which is neater to cover.
  
  
• Julia Sawalha (Lydia Bennet) is actually a year older than Jennifer Ehle, even though she plays her younger sister by five years.
  
  
• The gold v-neck gown with brown trim Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet) wears at the Meryton Assembly Ball is the same costume Samantha Bond (Mrs. Weston) wears when Emma sings with Frank at Randalls in Emma (1996) (TV). The same costume is also worn by a guest at the Easter Ball in "Wives and Daughters" (1999).
  
  
• The pink v-neck gown trimmed in mauve Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet) wears during the outdoor scene at Longbourn when Jane and Elizabeth learn the contents of Uncle Gardiner's letter to Mr. Bennet is the same costume Samantha Bond (Mrs. Weston) wears to dinner at Hartfield in Emma (1996) (TV). The costume is also worn by Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Griaznov in "The Regency House Party" (2004).
  
  
• The aqua pelisse Emilia Fox (Georgiana Darcy) wears at Ramsgate is worn again by Emilia Fox (Clara Copperfield) in David Copperfield (1999) (TV). The same garment is also worn by Olivia Williams (Jane Fairfax) at Box Hill in Emma (1996) (TV), by Anna Madeley (Lucy Steele) at Fanny's London house in "Sense & Sensibility" (2008), and by Julie Cox (Annabella Milbanke) at the London party where she meets Byron in Byron (2003) (TV).
  
  
• The sprigged sheer yellow gown with white sleeves Lucy Davis (Maria Lucas) wears at Rosings Park is the same costume Samantha Morton (Harriet Smith) wears at Randalls in Emma (1996) (TV). The costume is also worn by Emilia Fox (Clara Copperfield) in David Copperfield (1999) (TV)
  
  
• The brown gown with a sheer white muslin overdress that Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth Bennet) wears during the evening party at Mrs. Philips's house is the same costume Lindsay Duncan (Lady Bertram) wears in the scene during which Fanny reads from the newspaper to the Bertram family in Mansfield Park (1999).
  
  
• The heather Spencer jacket with crushed velvet collar Polly Maberly wears to walk to Meryton is the same garment Sally Hawkins (Anne Elliot) wears in Persuasion (2007) (TV) and Lisa Braund wears in "The Regency House Party" (2004).
  
  
• The green striped gown with velvet Spencer jacket Anna Chancellor (Caroline Bingley) wears at Netherfield Hall is the same costume worn by Julia Davis (Elizabeth Elliot) at Kellynch Hall in Persuasion (2007) (TV), Vicki Pepperdine (Ann Dobbin) in the park scenes in "Vanity Fair" (1998), and an extra at the London party where Annabella Milbanke meets Byron in Byron (2003) (TV). The Spencer also appears, without the striped gown, in "Little Dorrit" (2008), worn by Emma Pierson as Fanny Dorrit.
  
  
• The green and beige patterned waistcoat Benjamin Whitrow (Mr. Bennet) wears at Longbourn is the same costume Mark Foxsmith wears in "The Regency House Party" (2004), and James McAvoy (Tom Lefroy) wears to Lady Gresham's ball in Becoming Jane (2007). The costume is also worn by Hugh Laurie (Mr. Palmer) at the London ball in Sense and Sensibility (1995).
  
  
• The white muslin gown with three-quarter-length sleeves Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth Bennet) wears during the outdoor scene at Longbourn when Jane and Elizabeth learn the contents of Uncle Gardiner's letter to Mr. Bennet is the same costume Victoria Hopkins wears in "The Regency House Party" (2004). The same costume is also worn by an extra at the London party where Annabella Milbanke meets Byron in Byron (2003) (TV).
  
  
• The pink gown with embroidered chiffon overdress Julia Sawalha (Lydia Bennet) wears when Mr. Collins finds her half-dressed in the hall at Longbourn is the same costume worn by one of the dancers at the London ball in "Sense & Sensibility" (2008).
  
  
• The beige, tan and maroon floral-stripe day dress Alison Steadman (Mrs. Bennet) wears at Longbourn is the same costume Hayley Conick wears in "The Regency House Party" (2004), Natasha Little (Augusta Leigh) wears during her pregnancy in Byron (2003) (TV), and Janine Duvitski (Mrs. Meagles) wears for Arthur Clennam's visit in "Little Dorrit" (2008). The dress is also worn by Miss Crawley's maid at Queen's Crawley in "Vanity Fair" (1998), and by a maid at John Dashwood's London house in "Sense & Sensibility" (2008).
  
  
• The tan Spencer Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth Bennet) wears to read Mr. Darcy's letter is the same costume Jemima Rooper (Amanda Price) wears for the journey to Hammersmith with Mr. and Mrs. Bennet in "Lost in Austen" (2008).
  
  
• The black velvet striped day dress Anna Chancellor (Caroline Bingley) wears at Netherfield Hall is the same costume worn by Janine Duvitski (Mrs. Bute Crawley) when Becky and Rawdon return to Queen's Crawley in "Vanity Fair" (1998), and by Lindsay Duncan (Lady Catherine) at Longbourn in "Lost in Austen" (2008). The same costume is also worn by an extra in a London street scene in "Little Dorrit" (2008).
  
  
• The white polka dot dress with ornate floral pattern on the bodice that Julia Sawalha (Lydia Bennet) wears while observing Wickham horse riding is the same costume Ruby Bentall (Mary Bennet) wears to the Meryton Assembly Ball in "Lost in Austen" (2008), and Dagmara Dominczyk (Mercedès Iguanada) wears at the office of Monsieur Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).
  
  
• The dot-patterned beige muslin day dress with puffy sleeves Joanna David (Mrs. Gardiner) wears at the Inn at Lambton is the same costume Greta Scacchi (Mrs. Weston) wears at Randalls in Emma (1996), Barbara Flynn wears at the Towers in the opening scene of in "Wives and Daughters" (1999), and Georgia King (Pet Meagles) wears on the wharf in "Little Dorrit" (2008).
  
  
• The green linen coat with pink flowers at the waist Lucy Davis (Maria Lucas) wears leaving Hunsford is the same costume Amanda Hale (Mary Musgrove) wears on the long walk to Winthrop in Persuasion (2007) (TV), Daisy Haggard (Anne Steele) wears in London in "Sense & Sensibility" (2008), and Morven Christie (Jane Bennet) wears at Longbourn in "Lost in Austen" (2008).
  
  
• The russet colored ruffled bonnet 'Jennifer Ehle' (Elizabeth Bennet) wears leaving Hunsford is the same one Jemima Rooper (Amanda Price) wears at Longbourn in "Lost in Austen" (2008).
  
  
• The orange gown with green underskirt worn by Anna Chancellor (Caroline Bingley) when she asks Elizabeth to "take a turn about the room" at Netherfield is the same costume worn by Bridget McConnell (Madame Bougival) in Quills (2000).
  
  
• The green pelisse with wide ribbon trim down the middle of the back Anna Chancellor (Caroline Bingley) wears when she visits Jane Bennet on Gracechurch Street is the same costume worn by a guest at the London Salon in Byron (2003) (TV).
  
  
• The black silk dress with red, orange, and blue vertical lines woven into the fabric worn by Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Lady Catherine de Bourgh) is the same costume worn to dinner by Rosemary Enright in "The Regency House Party" (2004); and by an extra in the Pump Room when Anne talks with Mr. Elliot in Persuasion (2007) (TV).
  
  
• The red poofy hat Anna Chancellor (Caroline Bingley) wears when she visits Jane Bennet on Gracechurch Street is the same one Natasha Little (Augusta Leigh) wears to visit Annabella in Byron (2003) (TV).
  
  

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