Hannah Waddingham, Emmy winner for Apple TV Plus series “Ted Lasso”, joins Solly McLeod and Sophie Wilde in the cast of Masterpiece and British broadcaster ITV’s classic literary adaptation “Tom Jones”.

Waddingham has been cast as the alluring and vengeful Lady Bellaston in the miniseries, which is currently filming in Northern Ireland.

Based on Henry Fielding’s classic 1749 novel “The Tale of Tom Jones, a Foundling,” the series follows the romantic and chivalrous adventures of Tom Jones adopted in 18th century England.

McLeod (“The Rising”) plays the hero Tom, alongside Wilde (“You Don’t Know Me”) as the heroine Sophia Western. The cast also includes Pearl Mackie (“Doctor Who”) James Fleet (“Bridgerton”), Alun Armstrong (“Breeders”), Olivier winner Shirley Henderson (“Happy Valley”), Tamzin Merchant (“Carnival Row”) , Julian Rhind -Tutt (“Britannia”), Susannah Fielding (“This time with Alan Partridge”), BAFTA winner Daniel Rigby (“Black Mirror”), James Wilbraham (“In my skin”), Felicity Montagu (” The Durrells “), Janine Duvitski (” Benidorm “), Dean Lennox Kelly (” Jamestown “) and Lucy Fallon (” Coronation Street “).

Written by Gwyneth Hughes (“Vanity Fair”), “Tom Jones” is directed by Georgia Parris (“Mari”) and produced by Benjamin Greenacre. This is a co-production of Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece by ITV Studios in association with ITV Studios. Executive producers are James Gandhi, Gwyneth Hughes, Damien Timmer and Helen Ziegler for Mammoth Screen, Susanne Simpson and Rebecca Eaton for Masterpiece and Polly Hill for ITV.

The book has been adapted several times before, most notably as Tony Richardson’s 1963 film “Tom Jones” with Albert Finney as Tom and a 1997 BBC adaptation by Simon Burke with Max Beesley in the title role . He also gave birth to the 1976 film “The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones”.

Global distribution of the series is handled by ITV Studios.