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Trail: Original British Drama

In this special trail celebrating a lifetime of Original British Drama, Benedict Cumberbatch reads William Shakespeare鈥檚 famous monologue from As You Like It.

The trail offers a unique glimpse of some of the 麻豆社's biggest upcoming dramas, including The Casual Vacancy, an adaptation of JK Rowling鈥檚 novel, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, The Missing, One Child and The Interceptor.

We also get an advance look at Wolf Hall, written by Oscar-nominated Peter Straughan, Jimmy McGovern's Banished, Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell, based on the bestselling novel by Susanna Clarke, and the major new seven part series Poldark, written by Debbie Horsfield and starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson.

Some of the 麻豆社's best-loved drama series of our time also feature, from Doctor Who, Luther, Call The Midwife and The Line of Duty to Peaky Blinders, Eastenders, The Fall and Sherlock, which will return in 2015.

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