Downton Abbey fans rejoice! This Sunday, there’s a new drama set to hit our screens that we think you might like...

Tom Hollander, Rebecca Front and Ian McShane star in Doctor Thorne, adapted by Academy and Emmy Award‐winning Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, from one of his favourite novels by Anthony Trollope.

The cast also includes Alison Brie, who played Trudy Campbell in the acclaimed US series Mad Men, Olivier and Tony award winner Richard McCabe (Indian Summers, The Great Fire, Peaky Blinders), Phoebe Nicholls (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Fortitude, Downton Abbey), Gwyneth Keyworth (Game of Thrones, Misfits), Kate O’Flynn (No Offence, Ordinary Lies), Edward Franklin (The Brain Hack, Doctors) and introduces two newcomers Stefanie Martini and Harry Richardson.

Tom takes on the role of Dr Thomas Thorne, who lives in the village of Greshamsbury in Barsetshire with his young niece, Mary (Stefanie Martini), a girl blessed with every gift except money.

Mary Thorne has grown up alongside the Gresham family, whose house, Greshamsbury Park, and status dominate the county.

With Francis Gresham Senior (Richard McCabe) having frittered away the family fortune, his wife, Lady Arabella Gresham, played by Rebecca Front (War and Peace, Humans, Lewis, The Thick of It), their daughters Augusta (Gwyneth Keyworth) and Beatrice (Nell Barlow), and their handsome brother Frank (Harry Richardson) face losing their home.

Lady Arabella wants Frank to marry into money and save the family, but there may be trouble ahead, when he falls in love with Mary...

Classic Sunday night drama, don’t miss it, from 9pm.