A new trailer has been released by BBC One for its three-part made-for-television adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James (embedded, below). Read more about the book, here.
In this, the 200th anniversary year of the first publication of Pride And Prejudice, P. D. James' remarkably inventive homage to Austen brings her much-loved world to life in a dazzling and original way, with Austen's best-known characters, Elizabeth, Darcy and Wickham at its heart.
Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married and with two young sons, are preparing for the lavish annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home. The unannounced arrival of Elizabeth's wayward sister Lydia, however, brings an abrupt and shocking halt to proceedings when she stumbles out of her chaise screaming that her husband Wickham has been murdered.
Darcy leads a search party out to the woodlands, and when they discover the blood-smeared corpse, not of Wickham, but his traveling companion, suspicion is at once aroused. The dramatic and unnerving events of the evening have shattered the peace, both of the Darcys and of Pemberley, and as the family becomes caught up in the ensuing murder investigation, a mysterious web of secrets and deceit will threaten all that the Darcys hold dear.
Starring Anna Maxwell Martin as Elizabeth Bennet, Matthew Rhys as Fitzwilliam Darcy, and Matthew Goode as George Wickham, Death Comes to Pemberley premieres on BBC One on December 26, 2013. It will air on PBS in the US in 2014.
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