There are many times where it has to be difficult being a period drama on television. Not only are there events that you have to keep track of for the sake of keeping the show realistic, but you also have to recall some of the specific customs, costumes, and social settings that people went in […]
“Downton Abbey” is a show that does love the element of surprise … so what better surprise is there other than combining two of the most-beloved properties of all time? In what has to be a twist that many within the fantasy world love, the ITV show has been reportedly filming at Alnwick Castle, a […]
Is there about to be some serious tension at “Downton Abbey” moving into the next season of the show? It certainly is starting to look that way, at least based on some of the scoop that we have now. One of the biggest issues that could be coming this September when the show starts on […]
For fans of “Downton Abbey” in the United States, the wait for the season 5 premiere is still a long one. However, the show’s broadcaster across the pond in the United Kingdom is already doing a pretty good job of getting people excited. The show will most-likely premiere with new episodes in September, and it […]
Just in case you wanted even more reassurance now that there will not be a romance between Lady Mary and Tom Branson on “Downton Abbey” season 5, this is precisely what we’re here for! After denying that such a bizarre romance would ever happen last year, Michelle Dockery is once again stressing the same thing. […]
Over the past two seasons, “Downton Abbey” has managed to inject a little more American blood into the show courtesy of Cora’s mother Martha and brother Harold, played by Shirley MacLaine and Paul Giamatti. The benefit that comes from the show doing this is pretty simple: It’s a chance to bring some more big names […]
There have been some mixed signals about whether or not a character will die on “Downton Abbey” season 5, but we’re at least pretty confident now that the narrative the producers want to be pushing right now is that for the time being, no one is safe. We’ve seen at least a little bit of […]
We know that there have been some out there who have rolled their eyes at Maggie Smith’s continuous Emmy nominations for “Downton Abbey,” including some years where she has not had all that much to do. However, she may come back at you with a knockout during season 5, and remind you that she was […]
Sadly, it appears that “Downton Abbey” is going to have to live without the hope that British comic John Oliver ever watches their show. We cannot imagine how they will ever move on past this (cue sarcasm), but they will most-likely find a way. These not-so-shocking but still funny comments came from the “Last Week […]
Ready for a little “Downton Abbey” hilarity? Then we are going to start this story with that courtesy of Tom Branson himself in Allen Leech. See this rather-beautiful photo that we have attached to this article? That is of the pristine Highclere Castle, setting for the show and where many of the upstairs scenes are […]
