The acclaimed 1996 BBC/A & E Version of "Pride and Prejudice" at a special BuzzFlash price, including shipping and handling.

This is a 2-DVD set and more than 300 minutes in length.

From an online reviewer:

This A&E/BBC miniseries is a true masterpiece, bringing Jane Austen's most popular novel to life in a near perfect production. It has everything: authentic Regency Period atmosphere, costumes, settings, a beautiful musical score, excellent performances by a well-chosen cast. Andrew Davis's script does full justice to Austen's original. Colin Firth is excellent as Mr. Darcy, but Jennifer Ehle just takes my breath away with her magnificent performance, which catches every nuance of Elizabeth Bennet's character exactly right in every scene. It is a pleasure to watch all 4 1/2 hours straight through again and again. As a longtime devoted admirer of Jane Austen's works, I am very critical of any movies based upon her novels, but this has to be one of the very best adaptations of any major literary work.

From another online reviewer:

1996's BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle as Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett, is likely the standard dramatization of Jane Austen's romantic novel. For viewers not addicted to Masterpiece Theater, its point of comparison is the 2005 theatrical release starring Matthew MacFadyen and Keira Knightley, which offered a compressed version of the story coupled with stunning outdoor visuals, a highly polished delivery, and its attractive leading stars.

The BBC version closely follows the original novel. It features a fascinating variety of detailed Regency settings and costumes. The characters, including the Bennett family, are fully developed people. Mr Bennett's patient patriach is in stark contrast to Mrs. Bennett's brashness and palpable desperation to marry off her five daughters. Elizabeth's sister Mary, who is all but a cypher in the 2005 movie, is here fleshed out in priggish contrast to her flirtatious but foolish sister Lydia. Mr Collins, the ordained cousin of the Bennetts, is repellently simpering, obsequious, and obnoxious, making Elizabeth's spinster friend Charlotte's decision to marry him for security a more visibly difficult choice to swallow. In contrast, Tom Hollander's Mr. Collins in the 2005 version is more inept than offensive.

The real attraction of this version is the slowly evolving relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, here played out in much greater detail and with a delicious subtlety. Jennifer Ehler's Elizabeth is older and visibly headstrong. Her investment in her first impression of Mr. Darcy has an edge no doubt sharpened by the class distinctions that underlie Mr Darcy's initial objections to the Bennetts and to Elizabeth herself. Colin Firth's Mr Darcy is less sure of himself and more vulnerable than Matthew MacFadyen's take in the 2005 movie. His interest in Elizabeth is visible early on, making his proposal of marriage to Elizabeth less of a surprise than Matthew MacFadyen's thunderclap announcement in the later movie. The slow dance of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy toward a mutual understanding has the genuine push and pull of two strong-minded people.

This BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" is very highly recommended to fans of Jane Austen. Those whose introduction to this story was the 2005 movie will find the 1996 version to be a much fuller evocation of Jane Austen's enduring novel.