Everything We Know About ‘The Other Elliot Sister’
The 10-part drama adapts Janice Hadlow’s forthcoming novel and builds on The Other Bennet Sister’s record-breaking BritBox performance.
- The BBC has greenlit a 10-part drama titled 'The Other Elliot Sister,' launching the new 'Austen Untold' anthology franchise dedicated to Jane Austen stories told through overlooked characters' perspectives.
- Fifty percent of active BritBox subscribers viewed 'The Other Bennet Sister,' which drove record-breaking subscriber growth and catapulted the platform to success, prompting the franchise expansion.
- Writer Sarah Quintrell adapts the show from Janice Hadlow's forthcoming novel, with Bad Wolf producing. 'Elizabeth Elliot is an intriguing figure at the edges of Persuasion,' said Bad Wolf CEO Jane Tranter.
- The series will air exclusively on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada, while BBC iPlayer and BBC One broadcast it in the U.K.; Sony Pictures Television handles international distribution.
- Meanwhile, 'The Other Bennet Sister' returns for a three-part Christmas special in December. 'The audience instantly fell in love with Mary Bennet,' added BBC Drama Director Lindsay Salt.
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The Creators Of The Other Bennet Sister Have A New Reinvented Adaptation Coming
As fans of The Other Bennet Sister wait for the latest offerings from the Pride And Prejudice reimagining, they’ve been given one extra reason to be excited.On Monday afternoon, the BBC announced The Other Elliot Sister, a similar period drama set in the world of another Jane Austen classic, Persuasion.Prepare to meet The Other Elliot Sister!A new drama, telling the story of Elizabeth Elliot, the overlooked eldest daughter from Jane Austen's Per…
BBC & BritBox Greenlights 'The Other Elliot Sister'
The BBC has greenlit a ten-part drama titled The Other Elliot Sister. The series from Bad Wolf comes after the ratings success of The Other Bennet Sister. The show will follow the eldest sister in Jane Austen’s Persuasion, similar to how The Other Bennet Sister followed Mary Bennet, the overlooked sister from the Bennet family. […]
‘The Other Elliot Sister’ Greenlit at BritBox With Launch of Austen Anthology Franchise
Elizabeth Elliot of 'Persuasion' will receive 'The Other Bennet Sister' treatment in a 10-part series as Mary Bennet's record-breaking popularity spawns an entire franchise dedicated to Jane Austen's forgotten heroines.
The BBC Is Giving Another Austen Sister Her Own Show
We are heading back to Jane Austen’s world with a new BBC drama that gives a familiar family’s eldest daughter a story of her own. The Other Elliot Sister will put Elizabeth Elliot at the heart of a 10 part series, shifting the focus from her younger sister Anne in Persuasion. The show is based […]
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