Five possible spinoffs for Downton Abbey

A scene from the TV show Downton Abbey.

Downton Abbey comes to an end following the Christmas Special. Cameron McMillan, an avid binge watcher of the show since March, goes through five possible spinoffs for the Downton universe.

The real housewives of York County

They live in the lap of luxury, and have maids and butlers on hand at the ring of a bell, but life isn't always perfect for the women of York County in the 1930s. Follow Ladies Mildred, Edna, Doris and Mabel as they try to retain a glamorous lifestyle during the Great Depression. What really happens on the castlefront when the Marquess of Bringlebanby is visiting Lord Hexham in Tangier?

Mr Moseley

It's Grange Hill meets Welcome Back Kotter meets Dead Poets Society as footman/part-time teacher Joseph Moseley takes up a new full-time role as history teacher at Ripon Grammar School. School life in the 1920s was just as scandalous then as it is today. The pilot episode focuses on the search for a serial tagger who has penned a cartoon of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin doing something untoward with a pig. Moseley finds out it's one of his own students but can the former butler retain the trust of his new class if he rats one of them out?

Mrs Patmore Bites

Move over Nigella, Jamie and Gordon. Mrs Patmore's cooking show gives tips on how to cook for a crowd. With the help of a kitchen hand, two footmen and few scullery maids, you too can serve eights meals a day. From calf's brain with black butter to making a decent hollandaise sauce, Mrs Patmore will have you serving seven-course dinners to 20 guests in no time.

Top Wheels

Presented by Henry Talbot and Tom Branson, Top Wheels showcases all the latest news in the motoring world - of the 1930s. In the first episode, Talbot and Branson test-drive the Austin 10 and see if they can reach the magical 90 km/h mark. They also try to drive a Daimler Fifteen from British Guiana to French Guiana.

Spratt and Denker - TBC

It doesn't matter whether it's a buddy-cop drama or they are the only judges of a 1929 version of X-Factor but Septimus Spratt and Gladys Denker need their own show.

- nzherald.co.nz