Overview
- The Channel 5 period drama returned Thursday at 9 pm with the first of six weekly episodes that also stream on the Channel 5 player.
- Set in 1895, the new run follows a newly wealthy Yorkshire family as electricity, fresh ideas and shifting class norms test their place in society.
- Claire Cooper, Liam McMahon and Julie Graham return in lead roles, with Michele Dotrice joining the ensemble as Lady Imelda Hansen.
- Though set in Yorkshire, production filmed mainly in Dublin and County Wicklow on a condensed 10‑week schedule that leaned on local period props as Brexit added cross‑border hurdles.
- Fans praise the opener as “brilliant” and “best since Downton Abbey,” while the i Paper pans it for breezing past obstacles and offers a harsh “disaster” verdict.