Netflix has assembled the cast for its 6-part limited series Pride and Prejudice , based on the classic Jane Austen novel, which has started production in the UK.

Rufus Sewell ( The Diplomat ) will star as the wise patriarch Mr Bennet. Cast as Bennet sisters are Freya Mavor ( Industry ) as Jane, Heartstopper ‘s Rhea Norwood as Lydia and newcomers Hollie Avery and Hopey Parish in their debut roles as Kitty and Mary, respectively. Louis Partridge ( Disclaimer ) will take on the scheming Mr Wickham, with Jamie Demetriou ( Stath Lets Flats ) as the pompous Mr Collins, Fiona Shaw ( Killing Eve ) as the fearsome Lady Catherine de Bourg, Daryl McCormack ( Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery ) as Jane’s beloved Mr Bingley and Siena Kelly ( Black Mirror

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