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Who better to retell Jane Austen’s most beloved story than her royal highness Julie Andrews? It may lack Colin Firth in a wet shirt, but the Hollywood great is a wonderful and faithful narrator of the original romcom classic about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. The series, which is broken down into 25 episodes, not only celebrates the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth – it’s Andrews’s 90th birthday this year, too! Hollie Richardson
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