The first promotional photo of the cast of BBC One’s adaptation of Death Comes To Pemberley has been released.

The new three-part serial, adapted by Juliette Towhidi (Calendar Girls) from P.D James’ novel, stars Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) as Lydia Wickham alongside Anna Maxwell Martin (The Bletchley Circle) as Elizabeth Bennett, Matthew Rhys (Brothers and Sisters) as Fitzwilliam Darcy and Matthew Goode (Dancing on the Edge) as George Wickham.

The cast also includes Trevor Eve (Waking The Dead) as Sir Selwyn Hardcastle Rebecca Front (The Thick of It) will play Mrs Bennett, James Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley) as Mr Bennett, Penelope Keith (To The Manor Born) as Lady Catherine de Burgh, Joanna Scanlan (Stella) as Mrs Reynolds, Tom Ward (Silent Witness) as Colonel Fitzwilliam, Eleanor Tomlinson (The White Queen) as Georgiana Darcy and James Norton (Doctor Who) as Mr Alveston.

The official synnopsis reads: “Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married and with two young sons, are preparing for the lavish annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home. The unannounced arrival of Elizabeth’s wayward sister Lydia, however, brings an abrupt and shocking halt to proceedings when she stumbles out of her chaise screaming that her husband Wickham has been murdered.

“Darcy leads a search party out to the woodlands, and when they discover the blood-smeared corpse, not of Wickham, but his traveling companion, suspicion is at once aroused. The dramatic and unnerving events of the evening have shattered the peace, both of the Darcys and of Pemberley, and as the family becomes caught up in the ensuing murder investigation, a mysterious web of secrets and deceit will threaten all that the Darcys hold dear.”

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