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

Channel 5’s likeable version of Downton Abbey returns for a second season. Plus: a lost episode of Marecambe and Wise. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 5This 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 8pm, BBC FourAiring on what would have been Eric Morecambe’s 100th birthday, this episode of The Morecambe and Wise Show – a recording of which was recently discovered in a private film collection – was first shown in September 1968 during the duo’s debut season at the BBC. With writer Eddie Braben yet to join, it’s a pre-superstardom M&W, but the magic is in there. Jack Seale 9pm, Channel 4The latest series of this comedy is trundling happily along, cast roles now fully established. Armando Iannucci is the grumpy elder statesman: this time, he gets int