Episode One

The first part of Mapp and Lucia (miniseries).

Plot
A new BBC adaptation of EF Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels. It is 1930 and in the extraordinarily quaint Queen Anne village of Tilling (which is by, but not quite on, the sea) all seems as quiet as a mill pond. But its eccentric inhabitants exist in a world seething with gossip, faddishness and petty one-upmanship. From her centrally located house, Mallards, Miss Elizabeth Mapp reigns supreme over them all.

Until, that is, the arrival of Mrs Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas. With her passion for music, art and high culture of all kinds, Lucia is quite an addition to Tilling's social scene. It's not long before Mapp is indulging in all kinds of foul plots to undermine her accomplished tenant.

Credits

 * Miranda Richardson as Elizabeth Mapp
 * Anna Chancellor as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
 * Steve Pemberton as Georgie Pillson
 * Gavin Brocker as Cadman
 * Felicity Montagu as Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow
 * Gemma Whelan as Irene Coles
 * Poppy Miller as Evie Bartlett
 * Susan Porrett as Withers
 * Paul Ritter as Rev. Kenneth 'Padre' Bartlett
 * Mark Gatiss as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
 * Sophie Leigh Stone as Hotel Clerk (as Sophie Stone)
 * Andy Godfrey as Twistevant
 * Pippa Haywood as Susan Wyse MBE
 * Nicholas Woodeson as Algernon Wyse
 * Maxine as Roach Janet
 * Jenny Platt as Foljambe
 * Soo Drouet as Grosvenor
 * Simon Startin as Coplen
 * Peter Mould as Town Crier