Death Comes to Pemberley (BBC, 2013)
P. D. James’s murder mystery set six years after the wedding, with Matthew Rhys and Anna Maxwell Martin.
Austen’s characters married and went on living. Six years later, there is a death at Pemberley.
You want to know what came after the wedding, and you like a country-house mystery.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the Darcys, Lydia and Wickham, years on.
Changes: the genre. It is a murder mystery, with Wickham at the center of it.
Written by Juliette Towhidi from P. D. James’s novel, directed by Daniel Percival; a Masterpiece co-production.
Whose story is it?
the married Darcys’, played by Matthew Rhys and Anna Maxwell Martin, with Matthew Goode as Wickham.
How much time does it ask?
Three one-hour episodes, written by Juliette Towhidi and directed by Daniel Percival.
Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode; a BBC One and Masterpiece co-production.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Blu-ray (Masterpiece) — Amazon · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
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