Downton Abbey -- a sprawling, lavish Edwardian mansion nestled in the Yorkshire landscape -- needs an heir. Dame Maggy Smith stars as Violet, the stubborn Dowager Countess of Grantham matriarch of Downton. Hugh Bonneville stars as her son, the stoic, unflapple Lord Crawley. Elizabeth McGovern is his far-sighted American wife, Cora. From Academy Award-winner Julian Fellowes. This is the original un-edited UK version of the program.

Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo. Andrea Levy's novel comes to the screen in poignant fashion for a captivating miniseries presentation for Masterpiece Theatre . Hortense, a young, ambitious Jamaican woman emigrates to England shortly after WWII intending to find a teaching job and her childhood sweetheart. 2009/color/3 hrs/TV-MA/fullscreen.