In December 2013 the BBC aired one of their major dramas for the Christmas season, "Death Comes to Pemberley", a three-part British television drama based on characters created by Jane Austen in her novel "Pride and Prejudice". The first episode was broadcast on BBC One at 8.15 pm on Boxing Day 2013. It was based on the best-selling novel by P. D. James, in which the characters of "Pride and Prejudice" are involved in a new story involving a murder. Fleet played the part of Mr Bennett in the series. In September 2014, Fleet appeared in the BBC Three sitcom "Bad Education" as Richard, an ex-boyfriend of Rosie Gulliver. He has most recently appeared in an episode of ITVs second series of "Plebs", as Stylax's racing patron. In 2013, Fleet was engaged to play Scottish historian, the Reverend Dr. Reginald Wakefield, in seasons 1 and 2 of the Award-winning Starz adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander", broadcast in 2014–2016.