JULIAN FELLOWES TO PRODUCE

DOCTOR THORNE VICTORIAN TELEVISION SERIESGood news for all you DOWNTON ABBEY fans: its creator Julian Fellowes will prepare a new, three part drama for British ITV which will be a small screen adaptation of the popular Victorian classicDOCTOR THORNEby Anthony Trollope. Funny enough, or not at all, the new series will also be set in a great country manor telling the story of Dr Thomas Thorne, who lives in the village of Greshamsbury with his beautiful niece, Mary, a girl blessed with every gift except money. She has grown up alongside the Gresham sisters and their handsome brother Frank, whose home is the great house and estate at Greshamsbury Park and who is in love with her.