Downton Abbey

Period drama series about the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants. Cora's playboy brother has got himself into a spot of bother and Robert has to make a trip to America to bail him out, Blake and Mary are forced to put aside their differences to deal with a new farming venture on the estate, and help comes from an unlikely quarter when Violet is taken ill - meanwhile, romantic tensions below stairs cause problems in spite of Mrs Hughes, Mrs Patmore and Carson's attempts to keep the peace.