Autumn's best dramas: Downton Abbey, Doctor Who and Dallas are back on telly

IT MAY still be summer, but shorter days and cooler evenings will soon force us indoors again. But the good news is that the TV networks save their best new programmes for the autumn, so after months of seemingly endless sport, there will be plenty of juicy drama to get stuck into. From the return of popular murder mysteries to new biopics and cop shows, autumn evenings on the sofa will be filled with tales of love, death, murder and betrayal. Saturday’s Vicki Power picks the best dramas to look forward to…