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Yesterday I gave you my guide to the first half of the dramas featured in the BBC Autumn/Winter drama preview. Here’s my look at the second half of the list, starting with one of the many programmes beginning with the letter S.
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Antony Sher and Stephen Rea
Overview: A noir thriller that looks at the many people affected by the murder of a drug baron, this tale explores the blurring of the distinction between right and wrong.
Anticipation level: High. A classy cast should lend depth to a potentially fascinating examination of morality.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Natalie Dormer and Tom Hughes
Overview: Martha and Clive are 30-something barristers hoping to become QCs, who get to wear the silk robes of the title.
Anticipation level: Fairly high. Writer Peter Moffat’s own experiences as a barrister should lend it a level of realism usually missing from such dramas.
Starring: David Tennant and Suranne Jones
Overview: When his wife dies, Dave is left to bring up their four children alone, but things are further complicated by his growing feelings for his wife’s best friend.
Anticipation level: Very high. Tennant and Jones are two of the best actors working in British TV today, and their presence indicates quality.
Starring: Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson
Overview: Told through a narrative poem, two former lovers meet for lunch at an old haunt after fifteen years apart.
Anticipation level: Moderate. That’s what I’d have said before I saw it. It tails off a bit at the end, but it’s definitely worth checking out.
Starring: Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey
Overview: The king of adaptation Andrew Davies brings us the tale of a thirty-something women who returns to her Yorkshire roots in the 1930s to become a headmistress, and the guilt-ridden, damaged farmer she encounters there.
Anticipation level: Very, very high. Two of my favourite actors should bring real warmth to a very promising tale.
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore
Overview: Based on the memoir of chef Nigel Slater, Toast takes us into the 1960s for a nostalgic coming-of-age tale filled with food.
Anticipation level: Moderate. Bonham Carter is always good value, but the premise doesn’t really excite me.
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh, Keeley Hawes, Clare Foy and many more.
Overview: A revival of the classic BBC series about all the inhabitants of a London house, now set in the 1930s with a new family, new staff and one familiar face.
Anticipation level: High. The BBC will be keen to regain the servants-and-their-masters crown from ITV's Downton Abbey, and screen writer Heidi Thomas (Lilies, Cranford) has an impeccable track record.
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson and Ian Hart
Overview: The story of the meeting of Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith, that led to one of the most iconic moments of the 1980s – Live Aid.
Anticipation level: Moderate. The subject matter doesn’t hold much appeal for me, but it does have the draw of Brendan Gleeson’s son.
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Rachael Stirling, Rory Kinnear and Joseph Mawle
Overview: A melding of two DH Lawrence novels (Women in Love and The Rainbow) to tell lives and loves of two sisters, and the key men in their lives.
Anticipation level: Very high. I love Pike and Mawle, and just their small moment in the trailer gave me goosebumps.
The first part of Single Father airs tonight at 9pm on BBC1, and look out for the rest of these dramas, and more, across the BBC over the next six months.
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