The BBC has announced plans to adapt Janice Hadlow’s The Other Bennet Sister into a ten-part drama series.

The book focuses on Mary Bennet, from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,

Mary isn’t a typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer… overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until she takes matters into her own hands.

The BBC will broadcast the series on BBC One and iPlayer.