In World War II London, a cocky and obnoxious journalist is desperate to learn about the woman with whom he is wildly enamored. He discovers her mysterious diary, but then finds himself a fugitive in a murder hunt at the hands of opponents he can neither outwit nor understand.

Once a successful London surgeon, Dr. Martin Ellingham is now a general practitioner in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he is every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.

As a hard-charging London surgeon, Martin Ellingham didn't need a bedside manner. His patients were unconscious, so he could be as rude and arrogant as he pleased. All that changes when he develops a crippling fear of blood and is forced to give up surgery. Now a GP in a sleepy, picturesque Cornish fishing village, Doc Martin offends everyone in town, including the one person he wants to impress, beautiful teacher Louisa Glasson. Getting her attention...

Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them.