“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
This BBC version of the literary classic was dramatised for television in six parts by Nemone Lethbridge and marked the 150th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death.
In the lead roles were Celia Bannerman as Elizabeth Bennet and Australian actor Lewis Fiander as Mr Darcy.
Michael Gough and Vivian Pickles were Mr and Mrs Bennets (he female-swamped and she with a husband-hunting obsession), and Sylvia Coleridge appeared as the redoubtable Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
The middle Bennet sister, Mary, is omitted from this production.
Location filming took place in the West Country, with ‘Netherfield Park’ set at Hinton Charterhouse near Bath and ‘Meryton’ located in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire.
Mrs Bennet
Vivian Pickles Elizabeth Bennet
Celia Bannerman Mr Darcy
Lewis Fiander Jane Bennet
Polly Adams Kitty Bennet
Sarah Taunton Lydia Bennet
Lucy Fleming Mr Bennet
Michael Gough Lady Lucas
Diana King Charlotte Lucas
Kate Lansbury Sir William Lucas
Robert Dorning Edward Lucas
Stephen Grives Mr Bingley
David Savile Caroline Bingley
Georgina Ward Mr Wickham
Richard Hampton Louisa Hurst
Karin MacCarthy Mr Hurst
Vivian James Mr Denny
Jeremy Sutcliffe Mr Collins
Julian Curry Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Sylvia Coleridge Miss Anne de Bourgh
Janette Legge Colonel Fitzwilliam
Robin Chadwick Mr Gardiner
Hugh Cross Mrs Gardiner
Eithne Dunne Mrs Reynolds
Barbara Leake Georgiana Darcy
Tessa Wyatt
In the lead roles were Celia Bannerman as Elizabeth Bennet and Australian actor Lewis Fiander as Mr Darcy.
