First broadcast on Saturday 2 February 1952, this BBC production was adapted for television by Cedric Wallis from Jane Austen’s classic novel.
Daphne Slater starred as Elizabeth Bennet with Peter Cushing as Mr Darcy, representing respectively the ‘Prejudice’ and the ‘Pride’ of the title.
The story followed events at Longbourn (the Bennet family home), Netherfield Park (the estate rented by Mr Bingley), Meryton (the market town situated between Longbourn and Netherfield), Hunsford Parsonage (the home of William Collins), Rosings (the home of Lady Catherine de Bourgh), and Pemberley (the country estate of Mr Darcy).
The adaptation dispensed with two daughters from the original novel, leaving only three Bennet girls – Elizabeth, Jane and Lydia.
Lydia Bennet was played by then newcomer Prunella Scales, fresh from the Bristol Old Vic, with Jane Bennet played by Ann Baskett, a recent graduate from RADA.
Jane Austen herself (played by Thea Holme) opened and closed each episode.
Elizabeth Bennet
Daphne Slater Mr Darcy
Peter Cushing Jane Bennet
Ann Baskett Lydia Bennet
Prunella Scales Mrs Bennet
Gillian Lind Mr Bennet
Milton Rosmer Sir William Lucas
Sidney Monckton Charlotte Lucas
Ursula Hanray Mr Bingley
David Markham Caroline Bingley
Harriette Johns Mr William Collins
Lockwood West Mr Wickham
Richard Johnson Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Helen Haye Captain Denny
John Benson Colonel Fitzwilliam John Roderick Mr Gardiner
Graham Stuart Mrs Gardiner
Avice Landone Jane Austen
Thea Holme
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