BBC & BritBox Greenlight ‘The Other Elliot Sister’, Jane Austen-Inspired Drama In Same Vein As ‘The Other Bennet Sister’

The BBC has greenlit a ten-part drama titled The Other Elliot Sister.

The series from Bad Wolf comes after the ratings success of The Other Bennet Sister. The show will follow the eldest sister in Jane Austen’s Persuasion, similar to how The Other Bennet Sister followed Mary Bennet, the overlooked sister from the Bennet family.

Bad Wolf is making it for the BBC and BritBox North America, with Sarah Quintrell (The Other Bennet Sister) adapting it from author and former BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow’s forthcoming novel of the same name. Production is slated to start in 2027.

Persuasion was Austen’s final completed novel, published six months after her death. The story focuses on Anne Elliot, whose family moves to Bath to reduce their debt by renting their estate to an admiral and his wife. The Other Elliot Sister will tale the same approach as The Other Bennet Sister, placing Elizabeth Elliot, a character confined to the margins, at the heart of her own story.

Jane Tranter, CEO of Bad Wolf said: “Elizabeth Elliot is an intriguing figure at the edges of Persuasion – someone we know just enough about to wonder what might be going on beneath the surface…. We’re delighted to be returning to the world of Jane Austen with the BBC and BritBox, and to bring another overlooked character to the centre of her own story.”

Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama added: “We’re thrilled to be returning to Jane Austen’s world once more with The Other Elliot Sister. The audience instantly fell in love with Mary Bennet and we’re sure they will do the same with Elizabeth Elliot. It promises to be yet another captivating, heartfelt adaptation from Sarah Quintrell.”

Exec producers on the show are Quintrell and Hadlow; Kate Crowther, Becca Kinder Andrea Tranter for Bad Wolf; Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC; and Robert Schildhouse, Jon Farrar and Jess O’Riordan for BritBox. The series was developed and overseen by Bad Wolf’s Managing Director, Dan McCulloch, and Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Rasmussen.

The Other Elliot Sister will play exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer and BBC One and on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada. Sony Pictures Television has international distribution rights.

The Other Bennet Sister, which has become was the biggest new drama across all platforms and streamers in the UK since March 2025, will get three specials this Christmas.