{"id":945511,"date":"2026-10-29T19:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945511\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:36:35","slug":"the-other-bennet-sister-new-images-from-upcoming-christmas-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945511\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Other Bennet Sister&#8217;: New Images From Upcoming Christmas Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-other-bennet-sister\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-other-bennet-sister\" data-tag=\"the-other-bennet-sister\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Other Bennet Sister<\/a>\u201d has revealed more first-look images at its upcoming Christmas special, giving a sneak peek into how Mary (Ella Bruccoleri) settles into married life with Tom Hayward (D\u00f3nal Finn). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tProduction recently wrapped in Wales on the three-part special, which is produced by Bad Wolf for the BBC and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/britbox\/\" id=\"auto-tag_britbox\" data-tag=\"britbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BritBox<\/a>. It sees the return of Ruth Jones as Mrs. Bennet, Tanya Reynolds as Caroline Bingley, Laurie Davidson as Mr. Ryder, Poppy Gilbert as Lizzie Darcy, Maddie Close as Jane Bingley, Grace Hogg-Robinson as Lydia Wickham and Molly Wright as Kitty Buncock. Nerys Amber Stocks is also joining the cast for the special as Lucy, the Haywards\u2019 housekeeper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe \u201cPride &amp; Prejudice\u201d spinoff follows the adventures of Mary, the often overlooked sister in Jane Austen\u2019s beloved 1813 novel. The Christmas special picks up after Mary and Tom have wed. \u201cWith marriage comes a new identity, and the question remains: who will Mary become as Mrs. Hayward?\u201d reads its official synopsis. \u201cBut just as Mary begins this new chapter, an unexpected visitor from her past arrives at her door in need of her help\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tScreenwriter Sarah Quintrell, who penned nine of the original season\u2019s 10 episodes, has written all three episodes of the special. Asim Abbasi also returns to direct. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter its premiere in March, \u201cThe Other Bennet Sister\u201d became the biggest new drama across all platforms in streamers in the U.K. since the previous March, with 6.5 million watching in its first 28 days. Episode 1 is now up to 9.5 million viewers. It also broke records on BritBox, driving five times more new subscribers than any previous launch and achieving the highest streaming rate of any title launch on the service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA release date has not yet been set for the special, but it will air in the U.S. and Canada on BritBox and in the U.K. on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. See more first-look images below.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOBS-JPP-290826-09692-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritBox<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOBS-JPP-290826-02046-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritBox<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOBS-JPP-290826-01508-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritBox<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOBS-JPP-290826-01134-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritBox<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOBS-JPP-140826-01801-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritBox<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOBS-JPP-040826-01688-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritBox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Other Bennet Sister\u201d has revealed more first-look images at its upcoming Christmas special, giving a sneak peek&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,361045,134,344,466570],"class_list":["post-945511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-britbox","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-the-other-bennet-sister"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}