Richard E. Grant

Ruth Jones and Richard E. Grant sign onto The Other Bennet Sister

A picture of a black and white clapperboard with 'The Other Bennet Sister' written in script. The board announces they have begun filming, and that the DOP is Luke Sheridan.

Elizabeth is the witty one, Jane is the pretty one, Lydia is the problem child, Kitty is hanging onto the latter’s coattails, and Mary is… somewhere in the background.

Well, that’s what Austen’s 1813 novel would have you believe, but Janice Hadlow’s 2020 spin-off novel shows a different side to Mary Bennet. With Mary now acting as the protagonist, her world is explored separately from all the Mr Darcy and Bingley drama, and out of the shadow of her socialite sisters, Elizabeth and Jane.

James Nesbitt and Joely Richardson among star-studded cast announced for new Channel 4 thriller Suspect

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The series, adapted from Christoffer Boe’s Danish series Forhøret, will star James Nesbitt (Bloodlands), Joely Richardson (The Tudors), Anne-Marie Duff (Sex Education), Richard E. Grant (Loki), Ben Miller (Bridgerton), Niamh Algar (Deceit), Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor), Sacha Dhawan (The Great), Sam Heughan (Outlander) and Imogen King (Clique).

First look released for Stephen Merchant series The Offenders

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The series will see Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken make his first lead role on British television. Written, starring and directed by Stephen Merchant (The Office), The Offenders follows a mismatched bunch of strangers brought together to complete a Community Payback sentence in Bristol.