Masterpiece Theater: Public Broadcasting at its Best

Season 2 of Downton Abbey (Setting: WWI Manor House) is available to watch for free now to March.  The first episode was just released.

Other gems through Netflix: Foyle's War (Setting: WWII England, crime), Father Cadfael (medieval monastery, crime), Bleak House (Dickens, 2005 Masterpiece), Columbo (1970's American Crime, Peter Falk)