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| Jemima Rooper | ... | Amanda Price 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Elliot Cowan | ... | Mr. Darcy 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Hugh Bonneville | ... | Mr. Bennet 4 episodes, 2008 | |
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Florence Hoath | ... | Kitty Bennet 4 episodes, 2008 |
| Alex Kingston | ... | Mrs. Bennet 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Morven Christie | ... | Jane Bennet 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Perdita Weeks | ... | Lydia Bennet 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Tom Mison | ... | Mr. Bingley 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Ruby Bentall | ... | Mary Bennet 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Christina Cole | ... | Caroline Bingley 4 episodes, 2008 | |
| Tom Riley | ... | Mr. Wickham 3 episodes, 2008 | |
| Guy Henry | ... | Mr. Collins 3 episodes, 2008 | |
| Gugu Mbatha-Raw | ... | Pirhana 2 episodes, 2008 | |
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Daniel Percival | ... | Michael 2 episodes, 2008 |
| Gemma Arterton | ... | Elizabeth Bennet 2 episodes, 2008 | |
| Lindsay Duncan | ... | Lady Catherine de Bourgh 2 episodes, 2008 | |
| Michelle Duncan | ... | Charlotte Lucas 2 episodes, 2008 | |
Amanda Price is dissatisfied with her life in modern London. Her favorite escape is getting lost in the pages of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. One night, Amanda is startled to come face to face with the novel's protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet. A small door in her apartment mysteriously links their worlds. Eventually, Amanda becomes trapped on the other side, while Elizabeth remains in the modern world. Now as the events of her favorite book unfold in all the wrong ways, Amanda tries desperately to set things straight, but inevitably makes things worse. Will this fractured version of a classic tale lead Amanda to her own happily-ever-after? Written by L. Hamre
Hard to imagine how this could be better. The casting is close to perfect. Mr and Mrs Bennet as played by Hugh Bonneville and Alex Kingston quickly outshine previous inhabitants of these roles. This Mrs Bennet is neurotic but also strong, and Mr Bennet is suitably acidic but also very affable and easy to like. The Bennet sisters are very well presented. Jane has a very gentle quality. Kitty and Lydia and Mary are a pleasure to see on screen. Gemma Arterton is as impressive as we would expect in the role of Lizzie. Best of all is Jemima Rooper as Amanda, a fine young actress who here gets the chance to take centre stage and to properly show us what she can do. The men inhabit their parts well - some very good work from Tom Riley as Wickhan, Eliot Cowan as a smouldering Mr Darcy and Tom Mison as a very winning Mr Bingley. Christina Cole is on great icy form as Mr Bingley's sister. And Mr Collins is truly repulsive as played by Guy Henry, looking like the grim reaper and finding a grotesque comedy in this very oily character. But what is most clever about this new 'spin' on Pride and Prejudice is the way it takes a story we all think we know and then turns it upside down. Guy Andrews writes very funny dialogue for both Amanda as a modern woman and the characters we know from Jane Austen. The comic set pieces are directed with real aplomb by Dan Zeff, but it's also surprisingly moving at times. Costumes and sets all look good. Having seen this I don't know how we'll take another 'straight' Austen adaptation seriously again!