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.
Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth starred as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy.
Produced by Sue Birtwistle and directed by Simon Langton, the serial was
a BBC production with additional funding from the American A&E; Network.
BBC One originally broadcast the 55-minute episodes from 24 September to
29 October. The A&E; Network aired the serial in double episodes on
three consecutive nights beginning 14 January 1996. Critically acclaimed
and a popular success, Pride and Prejudice was honoured with several
awards, including a BAFTA Television Award for Jennifer Ehle for "Best
Actress" and an Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume
Design for a Miniseries or a Special". The role of Mr Darcy elevated
Colin Firth to stardom. The New York Times called the adaptation "a
witty mix of love stories and social conniving, cleverly wrapped in the
ambitions and illusions of a provincial gentry".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_(1995_TV_serial)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
622:
Muhammad and his followers completed their Hijra from Mecca to
Medina to escape religious persecution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(Islam)>
1180:
The Byzantine Empire was weakened by the death of Emperor
Manuel I Komnenos (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos>
1890:
Wilford Woodruff, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, wrote the first draft of a manifesto which officially
disavowed the continuing practice of plural marriage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_Manifesto>
1957:
Barcelona's Camp Nou, currently the largest stadium in Europe
with a seating capacity of 99,354, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nou>
1975:
Dougal Haston and Doug Scott on the Southwest Face expedition
became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of
its faces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_British_Mount_Everest_Southwest_Face_expedition>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
alas:
A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence
of permafrost.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alas>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Papa Hegel he say that all we learn from history is that we learn
nothing from history. I know people who can't even learn from what
happened this morning. Hegel must have been taking the long view.
--John Brunner
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Brunner>