Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a 1980 television serial, adapted by British novelist Fay Weldon from Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name. It is a co-production of the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The five-episode dramatisation stars Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth Bennet and David Rintoul as Mr. Darcy. In the US, it was broadcast by PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre. 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, 1958, 1967 and 1995. Cast Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth Bennet David Rintoul as Fitzwilliam Darcy Peter Settelen as George Wickham Priscilla Morgan as Mrs. Bennet Moray Watson as Mr. Bennet Sabina Franklyn as Jane Bennet Natalie Ogle as Lydia Bennet Tessa Peake-Jones as Mary Bennet Clare Higgins 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 Judy Parfitt 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 Episodes