oh dear . the bbc be not about to be knock off it pedestal for absorb period drama by this one . i agree this novel of jane austen be the difficult to portray particularly to a modern audience and the heroine be hardly a elizabeth bennet and even edmund be not calculate to cause female heart to skip a beat . however i must say i be hop for an improvement on the last and be sadly disappointed . the basic story be preserve and but the dialogue be so altered that all that be jane austen tone and manner and feeling and wit and depth and be dilute if not lose . if some past adaption may be see a date the weakness of this one must be that it be too modern ( his life be one long party . ) the cast be generally adequate and but i think billie piper be the wrong choice and it need someone more restrained and i gain no impression of hidden depth beneath a submissive exterior and she be more like a frolicking child . i see i must wait for the bbc to weave it magic once again .