Eileen Atkins

A drama charting Elizabeth the second's ascension to the throne and the political climate at the time.

The show picks up almost 5 years after the original series ended, in London's Belgravia in 1936. It show follows a wealthy family and their servants as they deal with the changes of a pre-war society.

The League Of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton return to BBC Two with a jaw-dropping comedy series.

This historical five-part show based on three of Elizabeth Gaskell's novellas is brought to the BBC with an all-star cast including Judi Dench. The story follows the lives and loves of the inhabitants of the northern market town over a year in the mid 1800s.

Martin Clunes stars in Doc Martin, a brand new comedy drama, as a doctor whose truculence and tactless manner causes mayhem in a small Cornish community. Martin plays surgeon Martin Ellingham, whose glittering career comes crashing down around him when he develops a phobia which prevents him conducting operations.