Death Comes to Pemberley for Mr Darcey and co on DVD this February

For some people, Jane Austen's classic novel is just not enough, they want a sequel and one is arriving on DVD this coming 10th February courtesy of BBC Worldwide. Death Comes To Pemberleyis based on the novel by P. D. James and features Austen's famous characters in a new story.

It stars Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Rhys, Matthew Goode, Jenna Coleman, Rebecca Front, James Fleet and Penelope Keith.

Joining it will be a gift box set containing this alongside Andrew Davies' BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The recommended retail price will be £20.42 for the single release and £25.52 for the double bill.

Synopsis and trailer follow...

The gripping and suspenseful series begins on the eve of the Darcy’s annual Lady Anne ball at their magnificent Pemberley home. The party are relaxing after supper when the festivities are brought to an abrupt halt. A scream calls them to the window and a hysterical Lydia Bennet tumbles out of a carriage screaming murder.

What follows is the sombre discovery of a dead man in Pemberley woods, with George Wickham, Lydia’s husband and Darcy’s brother in law, found at the scene covered in the dead man’s blood. So begins a nightmare and mounting scandal which will threaten to engulf Pemberley and all that the Darcys hold dear.