elizabeth mcgovern (with phyllis logan, sophie mcshera, michelle dockery, lesley nicol, raquel cassidy, laura carmichael, joanne froggatt, and lily james) for harper’s bazaar uk (august 2014 issue) | 📸: alexi lubormirski

happy international women’s day ♥️

Downton Abbey characters in their opposite sexes.

Not gonna lie, for me, 'Mrs' Carson wins.

Mr. Bates vs The Post Office (2024)

One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.

This show is all based on a true story and it will make your blood boil and make you very angry at the injustice. This is still ongoing and you will not believe how long it has taken for the innocent postmasters and postmistresses to get this level of coverage. A must watch. If you are not in Britain, it will still be worth watching if you read up a little bit on the 'Horizon Post Office Scandal'. It really is just so wrong what has happened.

@magiciansean: Ran into my good friend @bonhughbon and some of the cast of Downton Abbey . What a pleasure to perform for you all :) (x)

Thank God for Tom!

From Downton Abbey News Facebook

Having made the decision that Sybil would die because Jessica Brown Findlay wanted to leave the show, we had to decide what to do with Branson. One option was to send him back to Ireland, maybe leaving the baby, and occassionaly he could return as a guest star.🌟

But we all felt Allen Leech was a great asset to the show. He is also an attractive man, and knowing we were about to lose one attractive man, we didn't really want to lose two. More than this, his character is a bridge between the people below stairs and the people above. He has been at different points in the drama on equal terms with both groups, making him unique to the house. Having brought that about believably (I hope), it felt foolish to throw it away.

-Julian Fellowes

Source: 'Downton Abbey, The Complete Scripts', Season Three.

*Special thanks to Fran for heads up!

“Do I look like a frolicker?”

No one does it like Mrs. Pat, and this quote certainly takes the cake 😂

A little preview of things to come! ⚜️🍽

These two 💓 >>>>

Credit to @thechiswickcimena on twitter

📽️ Downton Abbey (2019)

I watched the entire TV series before watching this movie, and I have to say I wasn’t disappointed. It had a different feel to it from how the series felt, but I think that mostly had to do with the filming choices. The characters stayed true to themselves. I think another reason it felt different from the series is that it’s basically a stand-alone story. It didn’t really wrap anything up with the storylines because those had mostly been wrapped up at the end of the series, and it honestly wasn’t the greatest story. However, I enjoyed seeing more of the characters I really liked from the series, so this movie was a great addition to the already successful franchise.

Sex/nudity: 2/10 (kissing between both straight and gay couples)

Language: 1/10 (very mild)

Violence: 1/10 (spoilers, but very mild)

Overall rating: 7/10

Robert Crawley, comte de Grantham joué par Hugh Bonneville est le patriarche des Crawleys et détient le titre de la succession de Downton Abbey Robert Crawley est né héritier de la succession de Downton Abbey en 1870, sa soeur Rosaline jouée par Samantha Bond a suivi en 1871. Patrick Crawley, le comte de Grantham, était son père et comtesse douairière de Grantham, Lady Violet jouée par Maggie Smith Crawley est sa mère. Violet insiste sur le fait qu'elle aimait et s'occupait beaucoup de ses enfants, cependant, elle admet à Isobel Crawley que les enfants ont passé la plupart de leur temps avec leur nounou, et qu'elle n'a passé qu'une heure avec eux après le thé. Downton Abbey n'était pas autosuffisant cela reste encore une énigme sur les ressources jusqu'à aujourd'hui, bien que les récentes améliorations. Robert a reçu une éducation de première classe, des cours de 7 à 13 ans, puis a fréquenté Eton, suivi du Christ College, Oxford, où il a étudié la philosophie. En 1888, alors qu'il avait 18 ans, Robert Crawley rencontre Cora Levinson, ce qui était le seul moyen de sauver la Dowton Abbey financièrement. Robert a épousé Cora Levinson par intérêt financier, âgée de 20 ans, la fille unique de Martha et Isidore Levinson, vendeur millionnaire de produits secs de Cincinnati, qui a apporté avec elle une grande dot. Le père de Robert, le comte, a insisté pour que Cora signe un acte qui legs légalement l'argent de la dot au titre et à la succession ce faisant Downton Abbey pourrait toujours être maintenu. Le comte, Robert Crawley était dans l'armée et a pris part à la deuxième guerre des Boers de 1899-1902, c'est ici qu'il a fait la connaissance de John Bates, qui était son aide de camp

Lesley Nicol "Mme Patmore" et Phyllis Logan "Mme Hughes"

Il y a des diplômés d'Oxford et de Cambridge qui en savent beaucoup moins que vous. Tu devrais être fier. Kevin Doyle

Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore) Siobhan Finneran (O'Brien) Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith Crawley) and Rob James-Collier (Thomas)

Scrolling through the internet, searching for all the best Jim/Phyllis photos for my video, I found these bijous from the London premiere of 2019. Love it!

✨Cool Old Ladies I love, 11/??✨ 

Mrs. Hughes & Mrs. Patmore (Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Downton Abbey)

“You don’t have to be Shakespeare, just say nice things”

Ok. So here’s my Downton Abbey: A New Era review: not really spoiler-y, but might be if you’ve not seen it yet.

I just saw the film this afternoon. The theatre was full, approximately 100 women and about two men. Many came in groups and sat together.

I plan on going back next week because I’m sure I missed some things and I just want to go again.

In my humble opinion A New Era was much, much better than the first movie. Honestly, I can now pretend that the first movie was some bizarre Julian Fellowes dream - a la Bobby Ewing in the shower. All the out of character things never happened. Molesley never made an idiot out of himself in front of the King and Queen and the downstairs crew weren’t running around scheming and playing the tricksters.

A New Era is the movie that should have been made in 2018. I think it hit the right tone between comedy and drama. I would have loved more of a true downstairs plot line, but there were a few nuggets of fan fiction-y stuff to keep me happy.

🗝🍷Chelsie - Seeing Charlie and Elsie at home, reading in bed was worth the price of admission alone, even though it was a short scene. I liked that Elsie was less snippy with Charlie in this movie as opposed to the first film. She was once again the nippy-sweetie as opposed to just being nippy. She was genuinely empathetic to Charlie at the end of the movie when they’ve learned not so shocking news. That’s the Elsie Hughes I’ve come to know and love; don’t know where she was in the first film, but I’m glad she’s back. Same with Charlie. We got to see his different sides, not just grumpy bear. The scene with Mary was touching; I love when Charlie shows his father figure, tender side. Chelsie have obviously settled into a happy marriage and all appears right in their world. Also, in the role reversal scene, Elsie was every inch the upstairs countess. I’d have loved to hear Charlie and Elsie’s conversation about her costume. I have a feeling he was impressed.

Mrs. Patmore - at one point, Mrs. P. looked like she’d just rolled up from her house of ill repute. 🤭😉 But, I’m here for it. The scene with her plotting at the dinner table was funny, and sweet. Mrs. P deserves a happy ending. You go, girl!

Daisy - was much less annoying than normal. Obviously, marriage agrees with her. I enjoyed seeing her and Andy settling into young married life.

Baxley- the movie theatre erupted into applause. Nothing more needs to be said.

Anna and Bates - they are happy. Finally.

Thomas - hopefully, he will finally be happy.

Denker - wtf happened to her hair?

I’m less interested in the upstairs folks, but that doesn’t mean I’m uninterested.

Mary - where is the Blessed Lady Mary? Hello? 😂 Seriously, I like Mary when she’s nice, but I like her bitchy side too. We got one snide remark at Edith’s expense. Maybe Mary has matured which is good because it is clear that she’s the new Dowager. Her life has already paralleled that of her grandmother even down to the type of marriage they have/had with semi-absentee husbands. Still, Mary’s quip game needs some work to live up to her grandmother’s standards.

Edith - is using her brain again. Thank goodness for that.

Cora and Robert - are blissfully happy, but why is Robert so tan?

Tom and Lucy - will be living at Felsham Hall. I wonder what Lady Jane thinks about that?🤔

The Dowager - Dame Maggie Smith - 👏🏻👏🏻. I was warned about the last 30 mins of the film, and that analysis was correct. Two hankies were definitely needed. A group of 20 year olds sitting down from me were sniffling too as were some other ladies at the opposite end.

I will say that seeing a few of the actors was a bit jarring as they have, quite naturally, aged (haven’t we all?). It reminded me that Downton can’t go on forever with all the same actors. Of course, I’d love a tv spin off with the Carson’s running their B&B with Mrs. P and Mr. Mason popping by, perhaps little Johnny Bates comes by after school for cookies. Ah, fan fiction!

It seems like Julian Fellowes has tied up all the loose ends neatly. Carson is back in charge, Cora will live, and Mary is facing up to her destiny as Downton matriarch.

If this is Downton’s farewell, I’m well-satisfied.

Downton Abbey: A New Era - Behind The Scenes (Part 3/?) (x) (x)

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Check out this lovely tribute Downton Abbey TV series Anniversary 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

As reported in 2010,

ITV's lavish new costume drama Downton Abbey started strongly last night, Sunday 26 September, attracting just over 7.6 million viewers.

Downton Abbey, written by Julian Fellowes – an Oscar winner for his Gosford Park script – is set in 1912 and stars Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville.

The seven-parter opened with an average of 7.685 million viewers and a 30% audience share from 9pm on ITV1 and ITV1 HD. The HD channel's share of this audience was 295,000. (The Guardian)

PBS started airing Downton Abbey in America on January 9, 2011. The rest is history! 🔝🎩❤️❤️

As Robert and Matthew stroll across Downton’s vast, lush grounds, the Earl turns to the young man and says: “You do not love the place yet.”

“Well,” Matthew stammers, “Obviously, it’s —”

“No, you don’t love it,” the Earl declares. “You see a million bricks that may crumble, a thousand gutters and pipes that may block and leak, and stone that will crack in the frost.”

“But you don’t?” Matthew wonders.

“I see my life’s work,” the Earl says.

(The Washington Post)