Mr. Darcy’s impromptu swim in the BBC adaptation of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ 30 years ago made the world swoon, earning actor Colin Firth – and his linen shirt – a place in the cultural canon.

It is probably fair to say that among the first things you might think of in relation to Jane Austen would be a glamorous event, usually involving dancing, at a well-appointed English country house.

Colin Firth emerged wet-shirted from a lake in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride And Prejudice in a now-iconic scene. BBC Only, according to Firth, it never actually happened.

In 1935, Helen Jerome flipped the narrative on what Pride and Prejudice meant to a modern audience by casting a young, conventionally attractive man to play Mr. Darcy. Looser refers to this change as ...

Originally a newspaper column, later a book, then a film, Bridget Jones’s Diary is unimaginable without Pride and Prejudice and without the BBC adaptation of that book from 1995.

Despite starring in blockbuster films like Pride and Prejudice, his kids see him as a normal person. “My children would tell you that I’m not at all cool or suave,” he told The Mirror in ...

A shirt made famous when it was shown clinging to a soaking wet Colin Firth in period drama Pride and Prejudice has gone on display. The linen, which was seen by millions in the 1995 BBC ...

THE iconic shirt worn by Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in the 1990s BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will be on public display. During Calderdale’s Year of Culture 2024 ...

The shirt worn by Colin Firth when he strides across fields dripping wet after a swim in a lake during the TV adaptation of the classic novel Pride and Prejudice has sold for £20,000 (€23,390 ...

Colin Firth's famous white shirt, worn by his character Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice - fetched £25,000 at auction and will be displayed at Bankfield Museum in Yorkshire.