Masterpiece Episode: "Pride and Prejudice"

Season 38, Episode 5
Episode Synopsis: Part 1 of 3. The beloved, Emmy Award-winning 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," a comedy of manners, opens with the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet (Jennifer Ehle) taking a dislike to the haughty Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth). Meanwhile, her sister Jane (Susannah Harker) falls for Darcy's good-natured friend Charles Bingley (Crispin Bonham-Carter), the Bennets' new neighbor. Mrs. Bennet: Alison Steadman. Mr. Bennet: Benjamin Whitrow. Mr. Collins: David Bamber. Original Air Date: Jan 14, 1996
Guest Cast Andrew Grainger: Ostler Crispin Bonham-Carter: Charles Bingley Kate O'Malley: Sarah Lucy Scott: Charlotte Lucas Peter Needham: Fencing master Benjamin Whitrow: Mr. Bennet David Bamber: Mr. Collins Christopher Staines: Lt. Sanderson Neville Phillips: Fossett Lynn Farleigh: Mrs. Phillips Emilia Fox: Georgiana Darcy Colin Firth: Fitzwater Darcy Lucy Robinson: Mrs. Hurst Adrian Lukis: Mr. George Wickham Julia Sawalha: Lydia Bennet Roy Holder: Hodge Susannah Harker: Jane Bennet Victoria Hamilton: Mrs. Forster Joanna David: Mrs. Gardiner Paul Moriarty: Col. Forster Rupert Vansittart: Mr. Hurst David Bark-Jones: Lt. Denny Lucy Davis: Maria Lucas Norma Streader: Lady Lucas Bridget Turner: Mrs. Reynolds Anna Chancellor: Caroline Bingley Sam Beazley: Vicar Jennifer Ehle: Elizabeth Bennet Christopher Benjamin: Sir William Lucas Tom Ward: Lt. Chamberlayne Roger Barclay: Capt. Carter Alison Steadman: Mrs. Bennet Barbara Leigh-Hunt: Lady Catherine de Bourgh Lucy Briers: Mary Bennet Tim Wylton: Mr. Gardiner Anthony Calf: Col. Fitzwilliam Polly Maberly: Kitty Bennet Marlene Sidaway: Hill
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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