Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
Pride and Prejudice is a six-episode 1995 British television drama, adapted by Andrew Davies from Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth starred as Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, respectively. Produced by Sue Birtwistle and directed by Simon Langton, the serial was a BBC production with additional funding from the American A&E Network. BBC1 originally broadcast the 55-minute episodes from 24 September to 29 October 1995. The A&E Network aired the series in double episodes on three consecutive nights beginning 14 January 1996.
Lacock, Wiltshire was chosen to represent Meryton village
Lyme Park, Cheshire served as the exterior of Pemberley, Darcy's estate in Derbyshire
The five positions of Regency dancing, 1811
A scene with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy after a swim in a lake is recognised as "one of the most unforgettable moments in British TV history".
Andrew Wynford Davies is a Welsh screenwriter and novelist, best known for his television adaptations of To Serve Them All My Days, House of Cards, Middlemarch, Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House, War & Peace, and his original serial A Very Peculiar Practice. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.
Davies in 2019