Pride and Prejudice
Homage to the two drama kings who ruled British television for decades
From the glories of Pride and Prejudice to Doctor Who and Queer as Folk, Andrew Davies and Russell T. Davies have contributed significantly to the national happiness
Pride and Prejudice retold in a thousand different ways
Some of the stranger reimaginings involve dragons, zombies, Lydia Bennet as a witch, Lizzy ending up with Charlotte Lucas and the story narrated by Anne de Bourgh
Leave our period dramas alone!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any article about Jane Austen must begin with a mangled, platitudinous variation on…
Screwball Austen
Let’s be honest. Jane Austen is popular because War and Peace doesn’t fit inside a handbag. Austen’s best-loved novel, Pride…
Superb but depraved
The Serpent is the best BBC drama series in ages — god knows how it slipped through the net —…
Lost in translation
You won’t find much Jane Austen in the myriad adaptations of her novels, says Claire Harman
Pornographer-in-Chief
What does Andrew Davies have to say to those who accuse him of gratuitous rumpy-pumpy in his adaptations of the classics? Stephen Smith finds out
