Chatsworth House Pride And Prejudice 1995

Pride and prejudice is a six episode 1995 british television drama adapted by andrew davies from jane austen s 1813 novel of the same name.

Chatsworth house pride and prejudice 1995. Behind the scenes at chatsworth. Chatsworth house as pemberley of pride and prejudice it was a large handsome stone building standing well on rising ground and backed by a ridge of high woody hills. Lyme park near stockport was the setting for pemberley for the 1995 television series of pride and prejudice starring jennifer ehle and colin firth. Time 12 09 am.

Fans of jane austen s pride prejudice are spoilt for choice in the peak district as both the 1995 series and the 2005 film included iconic peak district locations. Showing all 22 items jump to. Chatsworth house the original inspiration for pemberley was used for the exterior scenes for joe wright s 2005 film version of pride and prejudice starring keira knightley and matthew macfadyen. Filming locations 22 filming locations.

The setting for pemberley in knightley s version is chatsworth itself one of the most famous buildings in england dating back to the middle of the 16 th century. Perhaps the most famous is derbyshire s imposing chatsworth house which featured in the 2005 film starring kiera knightley. Chatsworth house the stately home of the duke and duchess of devonshire is mentioned in pride and prejudice and it is thought pemberley the fictional residence of mr darcy is based on the. There was a temporarily statue of colin firth in the home s.

Jennifer ehle and colin firth starred as elizabeth bennet and mr darcy respectively. Since that time it has been the home of the cavendish family built at the direction of sir william cavendish. This tour is perfect for those who favour the 1995 bbc production of pride prejudice starring colin firth and jennifer ehle. Posted on march 12 2012.

The 1995 bbc television series of pride prejudice favoured three different locations for darcy s pemberley estate with shots of the exterior completed at lyme park cheshire. Produced by sue birtwistle and directed by simon langton the serial was a bbc production with additional funding from the american a e network. While the 2005 version used chatsworth house for darcy s estate the 1995 tv show used two different locations for the gorgeous abode. And in front a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater but without any artificial appearance.

Chatsworth has been used as a setting for other pride and prejudice themed outings from fans coming to see the locations and enjoy pemberley to themed photography such as our pride and prejudice themed photo shoot.