The Other Elliot Sister Greenlit By BBC and BritBox

The Other Elliot Sister is following in The Other Bennet Sister‘s successful footsteps on BBC and BritBox. 

The BBC announced the 10-part series that will follow the eldest daughter, Elizabeth Elliot from Jane Austen’s Persuasion. There is no news on who will be playing the titular role. Fans will know that The Other Bennet Sister starred Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet from Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. 

This news also comes after the announcement that The Other Bennet Sister would expand with a three-part Christmas special later this year. 

The Other Elliot Sister will be adapted by The Other Bennet Sister‘s Sarah Quintrell from Janice Hadlow’s upcoming novel of the same name. 

The new series “will build on the approach established by The Other Bennet Sister, placing Elizabeth Elliot, a character confined to the margins, at the heart of her own story,” per its logline. The Other Elliot Sister is slated to begin production in 2027. 

It will also be produced by Bad Wolf for the BBC and BritBox North American. The Other Elliot Sister will air on BBC iPlay and BBC One in the UK and on BritBox in the US and Canada. 

“Elizabeth Elliot is an intriguing figure at the edges of Persuasion – someone we know just enough about to wonder what might be going on beneath the surface…,” Jane Tranter, CEO Bad Wolf, said in a statement.

“We’re delighted to be returning to the world of Jane Austen with the BBC and BritBox, and to bring another overlooked character to the centre of her own story,” Tranter added.

“We’re thrilled to be returning to Jane Austen’s world once more with The Other Elliot Sister,” Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, shared.

“The audience instantly fell in love with Mary Bennet and we’re sure they will do the same with Elizabeth Elliot. It promises to be yet another captivating, heartfelt adaptation from Sarah Quintrell,” Salt continued.

The Other Elliot Sister‘s executive producers include Sarah Quintrell and Janice Hadlow; Kate Crowther, Becca Kinder and Jane Tranter for Bad Wolf; Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC; and Robert Schildhouse, Jon Farrar and Jess O’Riordan for BritBox.

The series has been developed and overseen by Bad Wolf’s Managing Director, Dan McCulloch and Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Rasmussen. Sony Pictures Television distributes the series internationally.

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The Other Elliot Sister will stream on BritBox.

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