Overview
- The BBC and BritBox announced Wednesday that they have commissioned a three-episode Christmas special of The Other Bennet Sister scheduled to air in the 2026 holiday season.
- Ella Bruccoleri will reprise Mary Bennet and the original creative leads — writer Sarah Quintrell and director Asim Abbasi — are confirmed to return for the specials.
- Production is set to shoot primarily in Wales this summer and the episodes will stream in the U.K. on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and be available exclusively on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada.
- Producers say the specials will go beyond the novel’s ending using new storylines from author Janice Hadlow to explore married life and the challenges that follow a wedding.
- The decision follows the series’ breakout performance — 7.3 million UK viewers in its first 28 days and a BritBox launch that drove a substantial spike in new subscribers — and is produced by Bad Wolf with Sony handling international distribution.