Mapp & Lucia (2014 TV series)

Mapp & Lucia is a British drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One from 29 to 31 December 2014. The three-part series, adapted by Steve Pemberton and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, is based on E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia collection of novels. The series features an ensemble cast, with Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor playing the eponymous characters Elizabeth Mapp and Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas. It is set in the Sussex coastal town of Tilling, based very closely on Rye, East Sussex, where it was filmed and where Benson lived. Although attracting modest viewing figures, the series received positive reviews from critics.

Cast

 * Anna Chancellor as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
 * Steve Pemberton as Georgie Pillson
 * Miranda Richardson as Elizabeth Mapp
 * Mark Gatiss as Major Benjy
 * Felicity Montagu as Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow
 * Gemma Whelan as Irene Coles
 * Paul Ritter as Reverend Kenneth Bartlett
 * Poppy Miller as Evie Bartlett
 * Nick Woodeson as Mr Wyse
 * Pippa Haywood as Mrs Wyse
 * Katy Brand as Hermione 'Hermy' Pillson
 * Joanna Scanlan as Ursula 'Ursy' Pillson
 * Frances Barber as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
 * Jenny Platt as Foljambe
 * Gavin Brocker as Cadman
 * Soo Drouet as Grosvenor
 * Susan Porrett as Withers
 * Harish Patel as Guru/Gupta

Production
Mapp and Lucia was commissioned by Charlotte Moore and Ben Stephenson for BBC One. Filming took place in and around Rye during the summer of 2014 as well as Kent and East Sussex Railway Station in Tenterden.

The "guru" storyline in episode 2 is taken from E.F. Benson's first Lucia novel, Queen Lucia (1920), with Daisy Quantock being the guru's original sponsor. Transported to Tilling in this series, Diva Plaistow plays the Daisy role in the storyline.