Wheel Of Time's Dónal Finn, Doctor Who's Varada Sethu, 16 Others Board BritBox's Pride & Prejudice Spinoff About Mary Bennet

BritBox and BBC's The Other Bennet Sister — a 10-episode series based on the novel of the same name by Janice Hadlow and focused on Mary (played by Call the Midwife's Ella Bruccoleri), the often-overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice — has added to its cast Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey) and Richard E. Grant (The Outlaws) as Mary's parents.

As for Mary's sisters, Maddie Close, Poppy Gilbert (Stay Close, Chloe), Molly Wright (The A Word) and Grace Hogg-Robinson (Flatmates) will respectively play Jane, Lizzie, Kitty and Lydia.

Indira Varma and Richard Coyle will play Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Mary's worldly aunt and uncle. They take Mary under their wing as governess to their three children — Marianne (Roisin Bhalla), George (Reggie Absolom) and Rebecca (Jasmine Sharp) — introducing her to an exciting new social world that includes Mr. Hayward (The Wheel of Time's Dónal Finn), Mr. Ryder (Will's Laurie Davidson) and Ann Baxter (Doctor Who's Varada Sethu).

Familiar Austen-verse characters include Caroline Bingley (played by Sex Education's Tanya Reynolds), Charlotte Lucas (Anna Fenton-Garvey) and Mr. Collins (Brassic's Ryan Sampson).

Playing brand-new characters will be Sethu as the aforementioned Ann Baxter and Aaron Gill as John Sparrow.

Production on The Other Bennet Sister is now underway in Wales; a release date or timetable has not yet been announced. The series will stream on BritBox in North America, and on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK.

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