VIDEO: Benedict Cumberbatch Presents a Lifetime of British Drama in New BBC Promo

Benedict Cumberbatch appears in an all new trailer for The BBC which offers a unique glimpse of some of the BBC's biggest upcoming dramas, including The Casual Vacancy, an adaptation of JK Rowling's novel, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, The Missing, ONE CHILD and The Interceptor. Check it out below!

"All the world's a stage," says the 'Sherlock' star, quoting the iconic line from Shakespeare's As You Like It as he introduces a series of clips, including Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth, Tom Hiddleston in The Hollow Crown, and the original House of Cards series.

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 best-selling 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 BBC'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.

Cumberbatch will take on the role of Richard III in BBC Two's HOLLOW CROWN: THE WAR OF THE ROSES and will soon star in the upcoming West End production of Shakespeare's HAMLET in 2015.

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