Plot
Death Comes to Pemberley is a 2013 three-part British television drama based on P. D. James' 2011 novel of the same name, a murder mystery based on the style and characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. June 1803, six years after the union of Elizabeth and Mr Darcy: one evening, George Wickham and his wife Lydia are travelling by carriage to Pemberley for a ball with Captain Denny. Wickham and Denny have a dispute, and leave in anger. The two men disappear into the woodland, where Lydia hears two gunshots.
Cast
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
as Elizabeth Darcy
as George Wickham
as Sir Selwyn Hardcastle
as Lydia Wickham
as Cartwright
as Colonel Fitzwilliam
as Georgiana Darcy
as Henry Alveston
as Louisa Bidwell
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
December 26, 2013
Last Aired Date
December 28, 2013
Production Companies
Screen Yorkshire
Far Moor
Origin Pictures
BBC Drama Productions
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
3
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Reviews
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 h…
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Miniseries
2013|3 Episodes
June 1803, six years after the union of Elizabeth and Mr Darcy: one evening, George Wickham and his wife Lydia are travelling by carriage to Pemberley for a ball with Captain Denny. Wickham and Denny have a dispute, and leave in anger. The two men disappear into the woodland, where Lydia hears two gunshots.
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