A thought about 'Lost in Austen'

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Still unable to recover from the fact the last episode of LBD has been aired and there will be no more coming.  Found satiation by reading all fan blogs including the irrepressible LBD seahorses and thanks also to Lizzie for the 'Post script' twitpics..... mmmmmmm.

I decided to revisit the ITV series Lost in Austen over the weekend. I remember being a big fan when they were first aired over three years ago. But having re-watched them again, for the first time I thought the chemistry and the dialogue between Amanda Price (the leading lady) and Wickham was way more fun than between Amanda and Darcy. In fact this has got to be the most surprisingly witty  Wickham ever.

So just as background for those of you not familiar with the series: Amanda from Hammersmith in modern-day London has swapped place with Elizabeth Bennet via time travel through her bathroom plumbing... She finds herself in Georgian England in the Bennet household where the characters are the same but nothing is going as per the book. Even as she tries to make everyone do the things they are 'supposed to' it gets more and more messy. So yes it sounds a bit whacky but it was a lot of fun watching it, including when Elizabeth Bennet finds a job in  modern-day London :D

Inevitably Amanda ends up falling for Darcy and vice-versa. But this is the only Jane Austen adaptation where I feel Wickham may have been a cooler choice. In this version Darcy, sans the fancy house and gardens at Pemberly would just not 'float my boat'  (I'm just mis-quoting from the series!). Also Hugh Boneville plays a fantastic Mr Benett's - great dialogues.

All here on YouTube to watch for Austen aficionados.













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