Death Comes to Pemberley
A British television drama based on P. D. James' novel of the same name, a murder mystery sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Six years after the union of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, Lydia Wickham barges into Pemberley screaming that her husband has been murdered.
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Daniel Percival
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Peter McGinn
This non-Austen sequel to Pride and Prejudice was quite good. It featured an intelligent rendering of the familiar story and characters of the original, but you would expect no less from the PD James novel. Since I watch a lot of British programming, sec=verbal of the actors were familiar to me, and the ensemble cast stayed in their lanes and put on a great collective performance. It must have been fun for them and the director, for they were able to reenact familiar scenes from Pride and Prejudice as memory flashbacks. There were traces i=of character growth here and there, but characters such as the irrepressible Lydia, the cad Wickham, and the drama queen Mrs. Bennett are little changed so quite recognizable. The subplots add enough to the story to carry their weight, especially one of them that ties into the murder mystery, and the same can be said for a few new characters created for this sequel. Small aspects of the developments might be predictable, but there is one twist that is both logical and shocking. What more can you ask of a plot twist?
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Daniel Percival is the director of Death Comes to Pemberley.
The cast of Death Comes to Pemberley includes Nichola Burley as Louisa Bidwell, Lewis Rainer as Will Bidwell, Joanna Scanlan as Mrs. Reynolds, James Norton as Henry Alveston, Kevin Eldon as Dr. McFee, Matthew Goode as George Wickham, Matthew Rhys as Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jennifer Hennessy as Mrs. Bidwell, Jenna Coleman as Lydia Wickham, Oliver Rix as Cartwright, Tom Ward as Colonel Fitzwilliam, Trevor Eve as Sir Selwyn Hardcastle, and more.
Episodes run about 59 mins. The total runtime is about 2h 57 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Death Comes to Pemberley trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Death Comes to Pemberley was released in 2013.
Death Comes to Pemberley is listed under Drama and Mystery on Fanbiz.
Death Comes to Pemberley has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "This non-Austen sequel to Pride and Prejudice was quite good. It featured an intelligent rendering of the familiar story and characters of the original, but you would expect no..."
Death Comes to Pemberley has 1 season and 3 episodes on Fanbiz. Available seasons include Miniseries.
