''Pride and Prejudice'' is a 1980 television serial, adapted by British novelist

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's 1813 novel of the same name. It is a co-production of the BBC and the

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. The five-episode dramatisation stars Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth Bennet and

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as Mr. Darcy. In the US, it was broadcast by PBS television as part of ''

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''. The novel has been the subject of a great many television and film adaptations. This was the fifth adaptation for the BBC. Other BBC television versions aired in 1938, 1952,

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Cast

* Elizabeth Garvie as

Elizabeth Bennet Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist in the 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' by Jane Austen. She is often referred to as Eliza or Lizzy by her friends and family. Elizabeth is the second child in a family of five daughters. Though the circ ...

Fitzwilliam Darcy Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire, generally referred to as Mr. Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice''. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet ...

* Peter Settelen as George Wickham * Priscilla Morgan as Mrs. Bennet *

Moray Watson Moray Robin Philip Adrian Watson (25 June 1928 – 2 May 2017) was an English actor from Sunningdale, Berkshire. Life Watson was born in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to Gerard Arthur Watson (1901–1940), a ship broker, who was killed during World ...

as Mr. Bennet *

Sabina Franklyn Elizabeth Sabina Franklyn (born 15 September 1954) is an English actress, and the daughter of William Franklyn and Margo Johns. Franklyn attended the independent Queen's Gate School and acted on stage with repertory theatres before her telev ...

as Jane Bennet * Natalie Ogle as Lydia Bennet *

Tessa Peake-Jones Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957) is an English actress having appeared in '' The Danedyke Mystery'' (1979), ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1980), ''When We Are Married'' (1987), '' Up the Garden Path'' (1990–1993), '' So Haunt Me'' (1992–1994), ...

as Mary Bennet *

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as Kitty Bennet * Osmund Bullock as Charles Bingley * Marsha Fitzalan as Caroline Bingley * Jennifer Granville as Mrs. Hurst * Edward Arthur as Mr. Hurst * Irene Richard as Charlotte Lucas * Malcolm Rennie as Mr. Collins * Elizabeth Stewart as Lady Lucas * Peter Howell as Sir William Lucas *

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as Lady Catherine de Bourgh * Moir Leslie as Anne de Bourgh * Emma Jacobs as Georgiana Darcy * Desmond Adams as Colonel Fitzwilliam * Shirley Cain as Mrs. Phillips * Barbara Shelley as Mrs. Gardiner * Michael Lees as Mr. Gardiner

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