Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) will play Lydia Wickham, while Trevor Eve (Waking The Dead) will play Sir Selwyn Hardcastle and Rebecca Front (The Thick of It) will play Mrs Bennett.

Other additions include 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 new three-part serial, adapted by Juliette Towhidi (Calendar Girls) from P.D James’ novel, begins filming this month on location in Yorkshire.

It was previously announced last month that The Bletchley Circle star Anna Maxwell Martin will lead the cast as Elizabeth Bennett, alongside Matthew Rhys (Brothers and Sisters) and Matthew Goode (Dancing on the Edge) as Fitzwilliam Darcy and George Wickham.

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