British Programming

As Downton Abbey begins, news of the Titanic's sinking has personal implications for the Crawleys. 

It's a time of ending as Sister Monica Joan prepares for death, the maternity clinic closes, Beryl decides what to do with her life, and the other midwives look to new beginnings.

Two more seasons of The Forsytes are on the way, with the third following the family on vacation in the French Riviera.

The Mullucks are back, this time with Rhoda needing emergency surgery and thus Bernie needing help at home. Meanwhile, Rosalind and Cyril get engaged. 

Jo faces a choice between Frances and Louisa while Irene sees her life closing in around her and Anne reveals a family secret. 

Shocking news about Dr. Turner's clinic and Nonnatus House comes as a soon-to-be-father deals with a rare diagnosis and Trixie helps a female wrestler. 

Susan Ryeland and Atticus Pünd are back for a third and final time, in the adapation of Anthony Horowitz's Marble Hall Murders, which comes to WTTW and PBS in September.

Irene begins to learn what it is to be married to a Forsyte, while Frances tries to prevent Jo from seeing Louisa any more.

Sister Veronica begins considering leaving religious orders, while Dr. Turner's treatment is called into question after a tragedy. 

The Forsytes want June to marry an aristocrat, Soames having failed in that regard. But June is growing closer to the radical Bosinney, even as Soames' vision of the future falters. 

A newborn goes missing from the maternity clinic while Sister Catherine is there and an older woman confronts an extremely rare medical situation. 

James is scheming to use a relationship against Jo to install his own son as head of the company, but Soames' romantic choice shocks him and the family when it is finally revealed. 

Joyce tries to bring the wraparound care of the Nonnatans to the hospital when she is seconded there, while Rosalind tries to help a woman in an abusive family. 

Soames quickly intensifies his relationship with Irene without his family's knowledge, while a long-kept secret upends Jo and his family's lives. 

Two sisters-in-law newly arrived from Ireland grapple with pregnancies as the midwives face a modernizing world, while a possible rabies outbreak spooks Poplar.