Mr. Darcy Darcy have also been published, among them American writer Pamela Aidan's "Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman" trilogy, and English author Janet Aylmer's successful novel "Darcy's Story" published in the UK () and later in the United States (). Helen Fielding has admitted she "pillaged her plot" for "Bridget Jones's Diary" from "Pride and Prejudice". In "Bridget Jones's Diary" and its sequel "", Bridget Jones is constantly mentioning the 1995 BBC adaptation and repeatedly watches the scene in the fourth episode where Darcy (Colin Firth) emerges from a pond wearing a wet white shirt, and refers to the Darcy and Elizabeth of the
Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) conscious of her love for Darcy. The story makes nature integral in the form of Old England. Elizabeth's appreciation of the beauties of Derbyshire elevates Darcy in her and her relatives' opinion. Darcy's gaze through the window works as a movie screen, projecting Elizabeth's actions for him and the viewer. His participation in the English landscape is his redemption. Between 10 and 11 million people watched the original six-episode broadcast on BBC One on Sunday evenings from 24 September to 29 October 1995. The episodes were repeated each week on BBC Two. The final episode of "Pride and Prejudice" had