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‘The Other Bennet Sister’: Richard E. Grant, Ruth Jones & Indira Varma Join BBC/BritBox Series
'The Other Bennet Sister' has cast Richard E. Grant, Ruth Jones and Indira Varma in major roles. The Jane Austen-inspired series is set at the BBC.
Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant and Indira VarmaTom Jackson, Pip Seed, David Reiss Jones ( Gavin & Stacey) and Grant ( Withnail & I) will co-star as Mr and Mrs Bennet in the adaptation of Janice Hadlow’s novel, which tells the story of Mary Bennet — the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Housed at Doctor Who and Industry producer Bad Wolf, Game of Thrones star Varma and Richard Coyle ( Heads of State) are set as Mr and Mrs Gardiner, Mary’s worldly aunt and uncle. The executive producers are Kate Crowther, Becca Kinder and Jane Tranter for Bad Wolf; Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC; Jess O’Riordan, Robert Schildhouse and Stephen Nye for BritBox; Sarah Quintrell, and Janice Hadlow.
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