The house used to represent Longbourn, the Bennets' home, was an empty, derelict building called Bramham Biggin located on the Bramham Park Estate in West Yorkshire England. The building had not been in use for a long time so the film crew were allowed to make many alterations to the property, including the addition of a porch over the front entrance and a planting a new garden.
At the ball, the Bennet sisters tell a story of how they have a wager to get Mr. Darcy to say three words to them, and they fail when he responds with "You lose." This exchange is supposed to have actually happened in history, and the famous response was uttered by United States President, Calvin Coolidge. The story has also been attached to the British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
Lady Ambrosia, the Bennets' pig, was scripted to make an appearance on screen but an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease prevented the shooting of the scene.
Amanda works for Sanditon Life. This is a reference to Jane Austen's unfinished novel "Sanditon," of which she had completed only 11 chapters at the time of her death in 1817.
Amanda Price was named after Fanny Price, the protagonist of Jane Austen's 1814 novel "Mansfield Park."