Ella Bruccoleri is back as Mary Bennet in the other Bennett sister, which returns this year for a three-episode Christmas special on BritBox and the. The move extends a series that already broke records in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
Three episodes are on the table, and Sarah Quintrell is writing all three parts from storylines by Janice Hadlow. Asim Abbasi is returning as series director, so the special keeps the same creative spine that powered the earlier run.
BritBox and momentum
Seven point three million viewers watched the series in its first 28 days in the U.K., while the show also delivered five times more new subscribers to BritBox in its first five weeks than any other series. It helped BritBox post its strongest quarter yet in subscriber growth, which explains why the return is being positioned as more than a nostalgia play.
Jane Tranter said, “We always hoped audiences would fall in love with Mary Bennet’s story, but the response to ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ has exceeded even our most optimistic expectations” and added, “These Christmas specials give us the chance to spend a little more time with characters audiences have taken to their hearts, and to explore what happens after the wedding bells fade and real life begins.”
Mary Bennet’s next chapter
“We know how much audiences have fallen in love with Mary Bennet, and we’re thrilled that her story isn’t over yet,” Jess O’Riordan said. Lindsay Salt added that it has been “incredibly exciting to see Mary Bennet cause such a sensation in 2026” and called it “this new three-part Christmas gift to her millions of fans.”
The special is set to shoot in Wales this summer, but a premiere date has not yet been set. That leaves the production timetable clear and the release window open, with Mary Bennet’s next chapter moving into filming before viewers get a date to mark.
Wales this summer
The series is based on Janice Hadlow’s novel and follows the overlooked middle sister in the Bennet family as she navigates the pressures of Regency-era England. The special was commissioned by Lindsay Salt for iPlayer and One and by Jon Farrar for BritBox North America, which keeps the release split across the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
