The BBC has announced a new Pride and Prejudice TV spin-off, The Other Bennet Sister. The 10-episode limited series will follow Mary Bennet, the overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

"It’s a joy to be adapting Janice Hadlow’s brilliant take on such a beloved classic with the team at Bad Wolf, and to have found our home at the BBC." The screenwriter continued, "I grew up (an awkward,

The BBC is to tell the story of The Other Bennet Sister, adapting a novel penned by former BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow and produced by Bad Wolf. The book tells the story of Mary Bennet – the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

The BBC comes back to the world of Pride and Prejudice with a spinoff about Elizabeth Bennet's sister, Mary Bennet. Titled The Other Bennet Sister, the show is an adaptation of Janice Hadlow's eponymous novel.