Doctor Thorne

Season 1 ITV Choice (*123) 21:00 Drama What it’s all about: Downton Abbey (20102015) creator Julian Fellowes based this threeepisode series on Anthony Trollope’s 1858 novel about the romance and marriage of Dr Thorne’s penniless niece Mary. Episode 1 Mary falls for Frank, whose family want him to marry a rich American, not knowing that Mary will inherit a fortune from the man who killed her father, her uncle Sir Roger Scratcherd. Celeb watch: Ian McShane (Al Swearengen in Deadwood, 2004-2008) plays Sir Roger.