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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Phil Harrison, Jack Seale, Graeme Virtue, Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: rags-to-riches Yorkshire period drama The Hardacres

Three women in Victorian-era costumes and straw hats stand outside a building entrance.
Liza Hardacre (Shannon Lavelle), Adella Fitzherbert (Holly Sturton), Mary Hardacre (Claire Cooper) in the new series of the sweeping family saga (Channel 5). Photograph: Playground Television UK

The Hardacres

9pm, Channel 5
This 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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