Plot Synopsis

Based on the book series by Anthony Trollope and written by DOWNTON ABBEY's Julian Fellowes, DOCTOR THORNE is a one-hour drama series about love, vanity, arrogance and illegitimacy. In the series, Dr. Thomas Thorne lives a quiet life with his niece Mary (in the English village of Greshambury, which is ruled with an iron fist by the terrifying Lady Arabella Gresham. But Lady Arabella's world is forever changed when she learns that her beloved son is planning to elope with common-born Mary, rather than follow through on his arranged marriage to the rich American heiress Martha Dunstable. Unbeknownst to the rest of the town, the prestigious Gresham family has all but lost their fortune after their patriarch Francis Gresham Senior squandered it on one of his many fruitless pursuits; they're now forced to take loans from drunken millionaire Sir Roger Scatcherd in order to survive. Lady Arabella's scheme to regain their fortune through the arranged marriage now seems poised for disaster; but Lady Arabella is not one to be easily dissuaded, and thus resolves to achieve her goal by any means necessary. Amazon aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Friday, May 20, 2016 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, releasing the entire four-episode first season, which aired over three nights in the UK.