What’s coming up next from the BBC

Wow. This sizzle reel of the BBC’s upcoming fall season left me agog – Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, the three most recent Dr. Whos, Rufus Sewell, Gillian Anderson, Romola Garai, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Helena Bonham Carter, the list goes on and on…

Here’s the full list of the BBC’s upcoming drama offerings: Accused, Aurelio Zen, Christopher and His Kind, The Crimson Petal and the White, Doctor Who Christmas Special, The First Men in the Moon, Hattie, Lip Service, The Nativity, Outcasts, The Shadow Line, Silk, Single Father, The Song of Lunch, South Riding, Toast, Upstairs Downstairs, When Harvey Met Bob, and Women in Love.

Plus the BBC announced its development for next year – from the press release:

Epic film versions of four of Shakespeare’s History plays from award-winning stage and film director Sam Mendes, by some of the best theatre directors in the country. A major new single play written and directed by playwright and screenwriter Sir David Hare. Finally, authored, original drama at its finest from Oscar-winning writer/director Jane Campion.

Looks and sounds pretty good, no?