Emma Mackey on playing Emily Bronte: I was raised on period dramas

Emma Mackey is best known for playing Maeve Wiley in the Netflix series Sex Education (Ian West/PA)

Actress Emma Mackey has said starring in a film about Emily Bronte was a dream because she was “raised on period dramas”.

The Sex Education star, who was brought up in France, plays the Yorkshire-born author known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, widely considered a classic of English literature.