The BBC commissioned a new series, based on episodes from various Mapp and Lucia novels. A stellar cast, including Anna Chancellor, Miranda Richardson, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Pippa Haywood, Paul Ritter, Poppy Miller, Felicity Montagu, Nick Woodeson, Gemma Whelan, Frances Barber, Katy Brand, Harish Patel and Joanna Scanlan.

Adapted from E. F. Benson’s Mapp and Lucia novels by Steve Pemberton and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, the series producer was Susie Liggat and the executive producer was Lisa Osborne.

2014 BBC Television series

DVD front coverr for a BBC production of 'Mapp & Lucia,' featuring two women dressed in vintage clothing standing outdoors near a garden table with teacups, a teapot, and flowers, with lush green hedges and a clear blue sky in the background.
DVD back cover for "Mapp and Lucia"featuring women dressed in vintage clothing and hats, gathered around a table with a white tablecloth, an ornate teapot, cups, and a statue outdoors with a hedge and portraits of men and women in the background.

BBC DVD cover: front and back

Back DVD cover precis:

Based on the novels by E.F. Benson, this bitingly funny comic drama, adapted by Steve Pemberton, celebrates and lampoons the snobberies and pretensions of small-town life. Starring an acclaimed ensemble cast led by Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor in the title roles. Over the course of a 1930’s summer the sly, scheming Miss Elizabeth Mapp and the gloriously haughty Mrs Emmeline ‘Lucia’ Lucas jockey for social supremacy in Tilling. This quaint English town may seem tranquil on the surface, but its eccentric inhabitants exist in a world seething with gossip, faddishness and petty oneupmanship. As Mapp and Lucia go into battle, friends and neighbours rally to the flags. When the smoke clears which of the ladies will have won the dangerously well-mannered fight to be Tilling’s finest?

Anna Chancellor wearing a wide-brimmed hat decorated with flowers, a yellow dress, a multi-colored scarf, and layered jewelry. She holds a small clutch purse, white gloves, and a pair of glasses, standing against a plain light background.
Miranda Richardson wearing a tan coat, colorful scarf, and a multicolored straw hat with a decorative band, standing against a plain background.
A woman with short gray hair wearing a beige hat with a rose detail, a blue embroidered jacket with floral designs, and a striped skirt, standing against a plain gray background.
A woman with short brown hair, wearing a black blazer, white shirt, and a patterned bow tie, smiling slightly against a gray background.

Felicity Montagu: Diva

Gemma Wheelan: Quaint Irene

An older woman dressed in vintage clothing holding a small furry animal, possibly a ferret or similar creature, against a plain background.
A distinguished elderly man in a black tuxedo with a white shirt and bowtie, standing against a plain background.
Paul Ritter dressed in vintage style clothing, wearing a tweed overcoat, vest, and brown pants, with a black shirt underneath. He is also wearing a cream-colored fedora.
Hermy and Ursy dressed in plaid skirts and blazers standing outside historic houses, with one woman holding a small dog.

Miranda Richardson: Mapp

Anna Chancellor: Lucia

Mark Gatiss dressed in a tuxedo with medals on his chest making a puzzled or skeptical facial expression.
Steve Pemberton in a light-colored suit with a boutonniere and a patterned tie, wearing a safari-style hat, standing outdoors in front of a house with a screened porch and greenery.

Mark Gatiss: Major Benjy

Steve Pemberton: Georgie

Nick Woodeson: Mr. Wyse

Pippa Haywood: Mrs. Wyse

Poppy Miller: Padre’s wife Evie

Paul Ritter: Padre

Joanna Scanlan/Katy Brand: Hermy and Ursy

Frances Barber: Contessa Di Faraglione

Mark Gatiss and Miranda Richardson dressed in vintage clothing standing on a golf course with green grass and hills in the background, smiling and posing for the photo.

Mark Gatiss/Miranda Richardson

Anna Chancellor and Miranda Richardson stand outdoors in a garden among lush greenery and colorful trees, with a table set for tea and a statue between them.
Anna Chancellor and Miranda Richardson sitting on a white garden bench under a tree, one dressed in vintage black with a large hat, the other in a modern beige blazer, holding a magazine.

Lucia and Mapp

Anna Chancellor/Miranda Richardson

Mapp and Lucia BBC cast standing and sitting around an outdoor table in a garden, enjoying tea or coffee.
Steve Pemberton, Anna Chancellor and Miranda Richardson sitting on a white bench outdoors, dressed in vintage clothing, surrounded by green foliage and flowers.

Anna Chancellor/Steve Pemberton/Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson smiling among pink flowers in a garden setting.

Miranda Richardson

Mapp and Lucia smiling and laughing outdoors under green tree leaves, one wearing a white dress with yellow embroidery, the other in a beige jacket with a striped dress underneath.
Quaint Irene and Mark Gatiss dressed in vintage or old-fashioned clothing, sitting outdoors. The man in the foreground has a stern expression, and the woman next to him is smiling and waving, while a woman in the background is wearing a hat.
The Guru and Mapp dressed in vintage attire standing outdoors, one wearing an orange turban and traditional Indian clothing, the other wearing a straw hat and polka-dot scarf, smiling.

Lucia and Mapp

Irene and Major

Harish Patel and Miranda Richardson