this project and along with emma thompson reimagining of sense and sensibility and both film in 1995 and contribute to the renewal of the popularity on both side of the atlantic of jane austen work and the costume drama that the british television and film industry do so well and and for good reason . the talent involve colin firth and jennifer ehle and crispin bonham carter and benjamin whitlow and the wonderful barbara leigh hunt on the acting side and jane austen on the writing side and and the bbc on the production side almost guarantee a quality production and but a this be and in my opinion and the best austen dramatization yet to appear on film or television . of course and have the luxury of be able to basically shoot the novel without abridgement ( 327 minute mini series ) be an advantage that this production have over the filmed version and the most notable of which be the 1930 production with sir laurence olivier a darcy . surprisingly and the most effective casting be perhaps jennifer ehle a elizabeth bennet and an american play the famous english rise . for pure enjoyment and benjamin whitlow and alison steadman comedic performance play off each other a mr. and mrs. bennet be a real highlight . also and it be no mystery why colin firth get type cast a darcy he appear earlier in the costume drama valmont and but he seem to be most remember for this ` darcy while he seem to be make for this role ( wasn not it amuse that his character name in ` bridget jones diary be ` darcy . ) anyway and this be a wonderful production and i can not think of any significant critism so for me and this mini series be a close to perfection a drama can get on television .