Death Comes to Pemberley

Plot Summary

Death Comes to Pemberley is a 2013 three-part British television drama based on P. D. James' 2011 novel of the same name, a murder mystery based on the style and characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. June 1803, six years after the union of Elizabeth and Mr Darcy: one evening, George Wickham and his wife Lydia are travelling by carriage to Pemberley for a ball with Captain Denny. Wickham and Denny have a dispute, and leave in anger. The two men disappear into the woodland, where Lydia hears two gunshots.

Top Cast

Matthew Rhys Fitzwilliam Darcy

Anna Maxwell Martin Elizabeth Darcy

Matthew Goode George Wickham

Trevor Eve Sir Selwyn Hardcastle

Jenna Coleman Lydia Wickham