UK comedy icon will be secret standout star of Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice

Emma Corrin (left) plays Elizabeth in the new version of Pride and Prejudice (Picture: Netflix/Ludovic Robert)

Who else can’t wait for the season of yearning to begin?

I am, of course, referring to the imminent release of Netflix’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice this autumn. More than 20 years after Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen bewitched us, body and soul, the streamer is bringing a new spin to Jane Austen’s romance, helmed by author Dolly Alderton.

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