BBC Two released their Autumn season press release today.
There's a lot more in the press release. There looks to be some interesting Documentaries coming up.
This autumn, Heroes 3 will transmit shortly after its American premiere, which means fans of the hit drama won't have long to wait. Complementing this, the channel will continue its commitment to single dramas with feature-length dramas featuring big names, in front of and behind the camera.
David Tennant and Andy Serkis star in Einstein And Eddington by Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, Hawking) about two extraordinary men striving for truth amid the chaos of the First World War. Albert Einstein (Serkis) spent years working on his General Theory of Relativity, which threatened to overturn two centuries of Newtonian certainty. Arthur Eddington (Tennant) was a prominent British astrophysicist who, as a Quaker, believed that 'truth knows no boundaries' and bravely championed Einstein's theories while Britain rejected anything German.
There are also two adaptations of acclaimed stage plays. Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce and Paddy Considine star in a film adaptation of David Hare's acclaimed play My Zinc Bed, exploring the nature of addiction, faith and friendship.
Tom Wilkinson and Rhys Ifans play a father and son whose relationship is brought into question, in a screen adaptation of British playwright Caryl Churchill's stage play, A Number.
New comedy
Meera Syal and Olivia Coleman star in Beautiful People, an adaptation by Jonathan Harvey (Gimme Gimme Gimme) of the childhood memoirs of Simon Doonan, Creative Director of Barneys, New York. Exploring Simon's memories of his desire to escape suburban Reading and live among the 'beautiful people' from the perspective of his New York department store window, it features a host of eccentric characters.
The Cup, a new comedy series shot in mockumentary style, is about Bolton-based Ashburn United Football Club and their quest to win the North and Midlands' Under 11s Cup in Birmingham. The real story is the appalling behaviour of the kids' parents as they try to live their own dreams through their children.
There's a lot more in the press release. There looks to be some interesting Documentaries coming up.
Charley Boorman: Ireland To Sydney By Any Means
Gritty adventurer Charley Boorman returns to BBC Two for his most daring journey so far. In Ireland To Sydney – By Any Means, Charley gets off his bike and on to local forms of transport to cover the vast distance between the two cities. From sliding across the deck of a trawler on the Mediterranean to riding a yak across the Himalayas, this is the trip – and challenge – of a lifetime.
Accompanied by a small crew made up of producer Russ Malkin and cameraman Mungo, Charley meets the local people and personalities in each place he visits and experiences their way of life first-hand. Along the way he shares his insights into the culture, religion and politics of the various regions with viewers, while the stunning camera work vividly brings his journey to life.
The Fallen
This feature-length documentary remembers every single serviceman and woman who has died while serving with the British Armed Forces in the current conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Spanning seven years of war, this landmark event for BBC Two focuses in detail on the stories of a significant number of those who have died, while looking at the impact on the people who have been left behind.
With intimate testimonies from families and loved ones, combined with compelling archive from the conflicts, the film acknowledges these individuals' sacrifices and the effects of grief on those who loved them.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Matthews and produced by Elodie Gornall, The Fallen is a powerful memorial to all the men and women who have lost their lives while serving their country.
Amazon
Explorer Bruce Parry (Tribe) embarks on an epic journey to the source of the Amazon – the world's greatest river, its largest forest, the most bio-diverse habitat on the planet and home to some of the last uncontacted tribes left on Earth.
This landmark series follows Bruce on a breathtaking journey from the Amazon's source on a slope of Nevado Mismi, an 18,000-foot mountain in the Peruvian Andes, all the way to the sea, 6,500km away on Brazil's Atlantic coast. Along the route he tells the stories of the people – from loggers to soya farmers, cattle barons to tribespeople – who inhabit the greatest forest on Earth.
The audience can see exclusive tasters of the series online, where they can also find Bruce and the team's blogs and more pictures from the eight-month journey, at bbc.co.uk/amazon.
The American Future - A History
The 2008 US Presidential election is unique in many ways. Voters are feeling uncertain about military outcomes and anxious about sudden shaky prosperity, leading to a weakened faith in governance that has not been felt this painfully since Watergate.
In its desire for national regeneration, the voting public has been going to the polls in numbers not seen for many generations. In a country whose mission is always to reinvent everything, history is rarely treated as a living, breathing thing – but certainly there are strong grounds for calling this election "historic".
Historian Simon Schama takes the long perspective, looking at four of the critical issues facing the country: war, moral fervour, immigration and the increasingly difficult relationship between expectations of prosperity and the reality of economic and environmental limits. In his travels through America, past and present, Schama aims to reveal the big picture at a critical moment of choice – for the United States, and for the world.
Oceans
The incredible hidden stories of the planet's oceans are told in a landmark new series for BBC Two.
More is known about the surface of Mars than the depths of the Earth's oceans. Hidden in these unknown waters are stories that reveal new truths about human past, the planet and life within it.
Presented by explorer Paul Rose (Meltdown, BBC Two; Voyages Of Discovery, BBC Four), environmentalist Philippe Cousteau Jr, maritime archaeologist Dr Lucy Blue and marine biologist Tooni Mahto, the series unravels the oceans' mysteries. It will tell fascinating stories from the world of underwater archaeology, geology, marine biology and anthropology; from seas including the Southern Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean.
There will also be an enhanced web presence at bbc.co.uk/oceans including exclusive content, games, discussion boards and 360° videos. Oceans is a vital and timely understanding of our planet's biggest and least understood asset, its oceans.
