In years gone by, it would have been a recipe for television gold: a classic romance complete with corsets, crossed-wires and a happy ending.

 

在过去的数年里，一段经典爱情故事配上紧身衣、交错的人物关系和完满的结局本是电视剧的黄金配方。

 

That tried-and-tested version of Pride and Prejudice is to be given something of a makeover, it has been announced, as a new television adaptation aims to make it "less bonnet-y".

 

Mammoth¹ Screen, the team behind Poldark and Victoria, is to adapt the Jane Austen classic for ITV, challenging the BBC as the traditional home of the literary adaptation.

 

It is now more than 20 years since the BBC's most famous version, written for the small screen by Andrew Davies and starring Colin Firth as Mr Darcy.

 

The ITV version, announced in the Radio Times today, will be adapted by playwright² Nina Raine, who has never written for television before or seen a Pride and Prejudice adaptation.

 

Producers said the new version would tease out the story's "darker tones".

 

"Pride and Prejudice is actually a very adult book, much less bonnet-y than people assume," Raine said of the project.

 

"I hope I do justice to Austen's dark intelligence – sparkling, yes, but sparkling like granite³."

 

It will be the sixth television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, with all previous versions made for the BBC.

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