That’s right, our favorite British costume drama, Downton Abbey, returns on January 6, 2013, to PBS’ Masterpiece Theater. And because that is far too many months to wait, we have some Downton treats: Take the personality quiz – Are you imperious and aristocratic? Or industrious and hardworking? The Real Life History of Downton Abbey …
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With TV’s Downton Abbey filmed at her spectacular Highclere Castle home, Fiona Carnarvon, the eighth countess of Carnarvon, lives in the world’s most recognised stately pile – and shares it with a ghost or two. When was Highclere built? The first recorded building was in 749, but my husband’s family acquired the property in 1679. …
Also, watch the Dowager Countess tell you, “I Forbid it!”
Also, watch the Dowager Countess tell you, “I Forbid it!”
For more on the Dowager Countess watch her make fun of a swivel chair.
For more on the Dowager Countess watch her make fun of a swivel chair.
Julian Fellowes is as English as Earl Grey and clotted cream. As an actor, director and writer, he has continually peeked under the petticoats of British mores and conveyed the details with relish to audiences. His writing of the upstairs-downstairs whodunit Gosford Park won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2002, and his subsequent films Vanity …