{"id":10547,"date":"2019-01-02T10:41:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-previews-2019-drama-slate\/"},"modified":"2019-01-02T10:58:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:58:01","slug":"bbc-previews-2019-drama-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-previews-2019-drama-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Previews 2019 Drama Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has shared a look at some of the &#8220;standout unmissable drama&#8221; coming to its channels in 2019, including the return of <em>Luther<\/em>, <em>Call the Midwife<\/em> and <em>Silent Witness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Created and written by Heidi Thomas, <em>Call the Midwife<\/em> returned to BBC One with a Christmas special in December. The eighth season debuts this month.<\/p>\n<p>The writers of <em>The Missing<\/em> have the new drama <em>Baptiste<\/em>, starring Tch\u00e9ky Karyo and Tom Hollander, and Suranne Jones will star in <em>Gentleman Jack<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Line of Duty<\/em> returns, with Stephen Graham as the new guest lead, and <em>Peaky Blinders<\/em> moves to BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>Tana French\u2019s best-selling Dublin Murder Squad novels are being brought to the small screen in <em>Dublin Murders<\/em>. Emma Thompson leads the cast of the new drama <em>Years &amp; Years<\/em>. Richard Gere will star alongside Helen McCrory and Billy Howle in the political and psychological thriller <em>MotherFatherSon<\/em>. Meanwhile, Babou Ceesay and Jill Halfpenny lead the cast of <em>Dark Mon\u00a3y<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, <em>Gold Digger<\/em> will tell the story of a wealthy 60-year old woman falling in love with a man 26 years her junior, and <em>Holby City<\/em> celebrates its 20th anniversary. Further BBC drama highlights include an adaptation of acclaimed young adult novel <em>Noughts and Crosses<\/em>; <em>Trigonometry<\/em>, a love story about three people who are made for each other; the fifth and final season of <em>Poldark<\/em>; and <em>Killing Eve returns<\/em> for a second season.<\/p>\n<p>Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, said: \u201cWe have been working hard to bring you more standout unmissable drama in 2019. Across our BBC channels and BBC iPlayer we have something for everyone. Whether you choose to watch television drama to escape from the real world, learn about a part of history, explore contemporary social issues, or watch your favorite novel being adapted for screen\u2014we have a range of new and returning programs coming that you do not want to miss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has shared a look at some of the &#8220;standout unmissable drama&#8221; coming to its channels in 2019, including the return of Luther, Call the Midwife and Silent Witness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[237,746,1490,448,1073,2291],"class_list":["post-10547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc","tag-call-the-midwife","tag-killing-eve","tag-luther","tag-poldark","tag-silent-witness","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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