Channel 5’s likeable version of Downton Abbey returns for a second season. Plus: a lost episode of Marecambe and Wise. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 5This attempt to create a class-hopping version of Downton Abbey is generic but still very likable. As the second season begins, the working-class Hardacres are wondering how much longer they’ll be able to afford their country pile as a recession hits their business. Meanwhile, next door, the old money is struggling too, as Emma receives a visit from her formidable mother, Lady Imelda (Michele Dotrice). Whatever will she make of the upstart new neighbours? Phil Harrison

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