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Pride and Prejudice

★ 8.8 104K votes 1995–1995 1 seasons · 6 episodes Ended BBC One
Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 10/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 10/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 9/10Comfort rewatchThe kind of show people return to endlessly.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Banter chemistryRelationships built on verbal spark.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Colin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah HarkerJulia SawalhaAlison SteadmanBenjamin Whitrow
Starring
Colin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah HarkerJulia SawalhaAlison SteadmanBenjamin Whitrow
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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"The romance that defined the modern period drama"

This BBC miniseries adapts Jane Austen's novel about Elizabeth Bennet, one of five sisters in a genteel but cash-poor English family, whose sharp wit collides with the pride of the wealthy, aloof Mr. Darcy. It unfolds at a leisurely period pace, built on drawing-room conversation, social maneuvering, and glances loaded with meaning rather than action. The pleasure is in the dialogue, the repressed longing, and the slow thaw between two proud people who misjudge each other. It is gentle, witty, and unhurried, rewarding patience with real emotional payoff.

Watch it for

the slow-burn chemistry between two proud, witty people who talk themselves into and out of love.

Maybe skip if

you need fast pacing or modern dialogue rather than measured Regency-era conversation.

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All Seasons

Miniseries1995
8.47K65h 10m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Episode 18.2
1K53 min
2Episode 28.2
1K53 min
3Episode 38.5
1K53 min
4Episode 48.6
1K52 min
5Episode 58.5
1K49 min
6Episode 68.7
1K50 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Colin Firth Mr Darcy
Jennifer Ehle Elizabeth Bennet
Susannah Harker Jane Bennet
Julia Sawalha Lydia Bennet
Alison Steadman Mrs. Bennet
Benjamin Whitrow Mr. Bennet
Crispin Bonham-Carter Mr Bingley
Polly Maberly Kitty Bennet
Lucy Briers Mary Bennet
Anna Chancellor Miss Bingley

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