Harwood you like the job, Kate?

The BBC used the Tess of the d'Urbervilles launch to screen a preview tape of this autumn's new dramas, which led into a lengthy introduction from the elegant Kate Harwood, executive producer and controller of series and serials for BBC Drama Production. Could Harwood be in line to fill Jane Tranter's shoes? "I'm in drama production, not commissioning," Kate smiled sweetly. But with eight Emmy nominations for last year's Cranford and two for Sense & Sensibility, BBC drama production has a lot of firepower on its side. And Harwood would represent continuity from the Tranter era in at least one sense: the well-read English/drama graduate's approach to the classics.