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BritBox offers a rich selection of sweeping period romance and emotional drama series, featuring classic literary adaptations, forbidden love stories, and cozy countryside settings'The Other Bennet Sister'
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Given the proliferation of Jane Austen screen adaptations over the past few decades—of which there are many on BritBox, including the Colin Firth-led "Pride and Prejudice" miniseries, the Sally Hawkins-starring "Persuasion" and several "Sense and Sensibility" versions—it's challenging to find anything new to say about the English author's beloved stories. But this year's "The Other Bennet Sister" manages to do just that by focusing on, well, the other Bennet sister: overlooked middle sister Mary Bennet, played with great warmth and emotional depth by Ella Bruccoleri.Over 10 spirited episodes, the "Pride and Prejudice" spinoff series sees Bruccoleri's Mary set out from beyond her sisters' shadow and journey to Regency London to get her own love story—love stories, actually, as the bookish Bennet girl has not one but two eligible bachelors eager to win her heart: Thomas Hayward (Dónal Finn) and William Ryder (Laurie Davidson). Stream "The Other Bennet Sister" on BritBox now'Last Tango in Halifax'
