It's all about Downton as our favourite period drama returns, and with it comes the arrival of mother-in-law from hell Shirley MacLaine.

After the storms of the First World War have cleared, the new series of ITV drama Downton Abbey finds the Crawley family dealing with all the drama of the post-war period.

And drama is what Lady Grantham's formidable mother, Martha Levinson, played by MacLaine, does best, so expect some memorable encounters between Martha and Violet!

Richard Arnold is our man in the know with all the latest Downton gossip ahead of this weekend's series premiere.