This Is Why Downton Abbey Was Really Canceled
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- The historical drama Downtown Abbey is not just a popular and critically acclaimed show, but also had a huge cultural impact on society. The fashion worn by characters on the series has seen a strong revival of interest in the UK and a bill nicknamed the “Downtown Abbey Law” was unsuccessfully introduced to the UK parliament.
It had won numerous accolades and has a huge following of fans around the world, which is why devotees are sad to see it coming to an end.
But why is this beloved show ending its run even though it has such a popular following? Here’s a deep dive into why we won’t be seeing the Crawley family anymore.
#DowntonAbbey #TVShow #TV
Maggie Smith was out | 0:00
The Crawley lifestyle was declining | 1:26
Completed story arcs | 2:39
Wearing out one's welcome | 3:24
Departed main characters | 3:58
A movie was inevitable | 5:00
The creator almost left | 5:47
Storylines were becoming forced | 6:47
Ending on a high note | 7:43
Historical dramas can't go forever | 8:37
Glorifying the aristocracy | 9:51
Feeling the show was complete | 10:46
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I find it hard to believe Maggie Smith was not recognised prior to Downton Abbey. After all she was a major star in Harry Potter, one of the biggest film franchises ever.
She was a familiar face but she hadn’t really made her mark with Potter. Even she said she could walk around in real life unnoticed. It was the character she played in Downton which made her shine. Then she couldn’t go anywhere with a sense of privacy.
@@vickikunetka1111 Maggie Smith was a well known, much lauded actor long before Harry Potter. Maybe not to Americans though.
She was in the movie HOOK!
She won an Academy Award for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” She’s been a consistent presence in the English theatre since she was a girl, and has numerous film credits.
@@siobhan1951 Exactly. So it’s hard to think that she was not recognised
I would love to see a prequel. A younger Violet and her husband. I don't remember if he was ever mentioned by name. A young Robert and Rosamund. How they meet Cora Levinson and Marmaduke Painswick. It would be great.
Sometimes I imagine all the characters when they were children and what their parents were like! Imagine a young Mrs Patmore dating or Mrs Hughes for that matter!
What is interesting is the era that the show is set in. It starts in 1912, when the world of the upper class is beginning to be less comfortable and the winds of change are blowing. The n WW1 kills of a lot of the upper class so estates like Downton are in trouble. After the War young people prefer jobs in factories to going into service. It had a natural time line from 1912 to the 1920s when change was happening -. But the way of life that Violet had taken for granted was destroyed for many aristocrats and the 1930s and WW2 would finish it off. SOme upper class people hung onto their homes and estates but they had to run them as busineses, and find other ways of making money...
Great idea.
@@elizabethblackwell6242 A prequel? I doubt it would go well. Who would play the younger Violet? would people want to see her in a marriage that was probably one of convenience and having an affair with the Russian Prince. And As I recall Robert wasn't in love with Cora when he married her.... so not exactly a romance
@@glen7318 I didn't suggest it was a romance. Is that the only requirement for drama?
You don’t give your viewers credit for enjoying more than the drama of the characters. The scenery, the costumes, the house, the countryside all played a part in enjoying the program.
It was a wonderful show!
True, I especially enjoyed the greeny of Downton. It relaxed me tremendously
I was struck by the kindness of all of the characters and the fact that they cared for each other. I enjoyed the entire series.
I found myself cheering them on and crying and laughing...I loved the clothes and the art. What a great show.
Don't forget the vintage cars.
Why do we want to watch TV because we want to escape and I did for six seasons in another day and time and I loved it! Thank you! Downton Abbey
Totally disagree with 90+% of this commentator's "opinions." I loved this program from beginning to end, The CHARACTERS were the driving force behind every episode.
For me the Series died when Mathew died
just a "side hustle" for the commentator to generate income by how many people watch the video....
I would have loved to have seen how characters of Downton Abbey handle the stock market crash and economy crash of 1929.
I wondered if it would go to WW2 where Mary and Matthew's son signs up to go fight
Downton wasn’t cancelled. This video is silly. It was always planned to draw to a close, a natural conclusion, it’s not an American network commercial show, it was designed to run a few years like all British dramas and to depict a specific time period before the world changed. They went on to make a movie and Maggie Smith was in it, and there’s another one coming. The older characters can’t credibly go on living, in those days average life expectancy was 65.
very true it wasn't
Even palatial life was more uncomfortable and prearious than middle class life today. Further the social attitudes were more anachronistic than realistic. Down stairs in Downton would have looked more like life in a sweatshop as she mentions. Further, upstairs would not have seems as nice either. The family would; have been wearing sweaters or the like because of the draftiness of the great houses and their everyday dress not so well fitted.
Another movie? Do tell
Believe me, if the program had continued into a 7th, 8th, or behond, PBS would have carried it!
What additional DOWNTON ABBY movie is being planned? Reviews on the first one were respectable, not great, like the box office. Likely not enough to generate another one. And likely Maggie Smith would not participate-she could not be replaced by Judi Dench-so a major component would be missing. Although the film could start with the family returning home from the funeral, reading the will to find a secret as the basis for the film.
the show wasn't cancelled julian wanted the show to end on a high note.saying it was cancelled sounds like itv didn't want to produce it anymore when infact they wanted the show to continue.
And people have to understand that it was a costly and huge production. That can only last so long.
@@evestar100 shows can go on as long as they make money. The longer they go the less expensive the production costs since they've already bought everything. Only exception is the actors keep wanting more money.
Well, I don't see why it had to end. Highclere castle still exists. And Blenheim, and lots of other estates. Downton was saved by Matthew's inheritance. In an interview I watched, Julien Fellowes confided that all of the plots were based on real life experiences noted in diaries and letters of the time. Edith ends up as a Marchioness! I'm guessing she had to provide an heir. I'd like to have followed Daisy's path into the future. As well as Thomas's stint as Butler. By the time George reaches maturity, WWII will be a reality. Seems to me there's plenty there for drama.
I've seen this series more than once and every time it ends with the last clips of the final episode, it breaks my heart. I absolutely love whatching it, it's like a window to the past, an era that we know so much about but couldn't imagine it in real life. As much as I'd love to see more seasons and it's clear that they could create other great stories in it, I think the ending was perfect. It's like you get to peak into their lives for a few years but their stories continue after the end as well. It gives space to our imagination, too.
Many of these great houses became much too expensive to maintain and either fell into disrepair or their treasures had to be sold off because of the massive death duties that had to be paid. The ones that survive, like Chatsworth for instance are run by Trusts and Highclere etc have to be opened to the public otherwise they would not survive. So, I don't think that the story could've gone on much longer. Incidentally, the final ballroom scene in the movie was filmed in the Marble Salon in Wentworth Woodhouse, near where we live. I've danced in period dress in that very ballroom. It's an amazing place. I loved the movie because it was a real happy ending for everyone.
I certainly would like to follow Daisy.
I loved this special program. Sorry to see it end. We need another series just like this one. Please
Would love to have seen Mary becomes the dowager and how the children grow up and move on
@@aaf1548 I fear that history would come to the second war and little George would be a soldier...
I agree love this series🙂 would love to see more series like Downton abbey.
@@sousamina And Rose married a Jewish man. WWII would have been dark. I vote for a prequel!!!! I visited Highclere Castle in August 2019 and just happened to meet the real Countess of Carnarov (Sp?) She was lovely!!!!!!!
A big middle finger to the critics, we loved the show and especially how it ended after Edith's wedding. The movie was just an icing on the cake. It was wonderful. We wouldn't want it any differently.
The hell with whether it was realistic, the hell with why the servants of DA don't look dirty, the show was a visual treat.
Glad Violet didnt die before the movie ended.
Why are you mad at the critics? The critics praised the show as much as the fans did.
@@TheCFKane1982 you obviously weren't listening t the commentary
They could make a movie every few years, provided enough of the original actors return. Otherwise, YES, Historical Dramas such as these do not have an infinite life, and it was best to conclude it when the fans still were interested. Downton Abbey is one of my all-time favorite shows, one which I will revisit time and again as the years go on.
As someone who loves the sets and costuming, I wouldn't care if they just read the phone book. The jewelry was incredible. The politics-not so much. I did like it when the lowly kitchen maid discovered her love for learning.
Same. I love shows specifically set in older time period for the beautiful sets and costumes.
Beautiful costumes and just plain fun to go back in time, like reading a good book.
The programme had to end, the way of life it depicted came to an end.
Alas, you are right. I am madly in love with the series but I guess I never thought of that. P.s. Is this really THE Barefoot Contessa???
I wish it could have started with Robert and Cora courting then marriage and then the birth of the girls. That way it could have gone on for more seasons.
They could do a prequal.
I would love that !
@@kathleenreynolds4144 omg they must do that
@@kathleenreynolds4144 I’d be all in. I’d love to see a prequel.
@@kathleenreynolds4144 They should. I went back and watched it all over again.
Such a gold mine, so many stories can come about!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Pure claptrap...!! This show wasn’t ‘cancelled’..! It came to an end... and to say that Downton would not have been able to ‘survive’ after the 30s is rubbish. Highclere Castle, The Carnarvon Estate, (which is the Downton set) is still in existence. It did not fall into ruins. The family still live there and it is surviving with the assistance of tourism... which, if you recall ... in the series, did the same thing in one episode, toward the end..!!
More than 3,000 big houses were demolished between the wars, thanks to the ruinous tax system, so not everyone managed.
This was the best show I have watched in a very long time . I cried when it ended . I looked forward to seeing how the family would handle an abdication ( Carson would not approve ) a war and the sacrifices all of England made to persevere and prevail!
I’d love the show to go back to before the Grantham’s got married.
I thought of that too! How they first met, got married, etc.
Which Granthams? Robert or Violet?
Yes, I would enjoy that.
@@SmNkosi-ow1ih Robert and Cora.
I only started watch this year. I watched he movie first, then I knew I had to watch the series. I immediately watched all the seasons in record time. Enjoyed it to no end! Then I rewatched the season again because you always miss something. Kudos to the writers/directors and for sure Cast!!! Five stars!
Me too. I only just finished all seasons and episodes end of AUGUST 2021 )) But not after i saw the film last year because I did not like the film at all. I found it very rushed and superficial. But I enjoyed series very much and now have favourites characters ))
Cool! I just finished all seasons (SEPTEMBER 2021) 😁 ...now I want to see the movie
@@adorable3817 Movie is so rubbish compare to all seasons but yeah watch it and mark my words ))
Oh dear, there would be no Downton abbey with the dowager. Maggie is the only reason I watch this show, I love her to pieces, she's truly the last of great performers! Love Mr, Carson as well, others I can live without 🤔
I totally agree! Maggie was my favorite character. She made me laugh so much with her dry wit!
My 2 favorites too!
@@jeannem4475 Mine too. I couldn't stand Mary....
Currently, I am watching DA all over again.. for the 4th or 5th time ;) The movie was released here in Germany on my birthday last year and we had a wonderful time meeting again with the Crawleys. Really a birthday to remember
The worst part of the show was rushing through 4 years of WWI in less than a season
I would still watch it too..liked how the Women and Men both upstairs and downstairs evolved and began to find their way and come into their own..How the twosome of couples got together..Maggie Smith and her Zingers are a joy a fiesty..She is a unfiltered Grandmother like no other..
As a faithful viewer and owner of all the series and the movie I could watch forever and I do watch the videos over and over. I could watch this series forever.
There was plenty of history forward ~ Highclere castle is still standing and occupied by an original descendant ~ it would be interesting to share the history of the castle's occupants from the Edwardian age to modern times. I'm sure there are many interesting plots one could pursue.
Love the show and I would still be watching!
It could continue with the younger ones growing up, and focusing on them.
Dan Stevens could play Master George as the 8th Earl of Grantham
@@LadyRose208 True! But he’d also be at just the right age to come to a bad end with the onset of WWII.
@@spiritmatter1553 Not to mention that he'd be widdled down to middle-class thanks to his grandfather blowing the family fortune and also his estate way too expensive to run, that it might be sold off or worse, torn down.
Rubbish commentary.
Years ago, running a house needed lots of labour. Even turning the lights on took ages (all those candles). Keeping the place warm - a fire in every room to be lit and fuelled and maintained.
But as technology changed so the need for servants declined. Lighting required a click of a switch not a gang of people cleaning, changing and armed with flame starters to start them off then later to shut them down.
Very simple examples.
I just wanted Mr.Barrow to find someone.I hope he will meet Richard again in the second movie
I enjoyed Downton more than any other drama I have ever seen. Everything about it was absolutely top drawer from the writing to the costumes to the actors to the wonderful, wonderful music. I still miss it, but as Fellowes said, it was historical, and they had reached a sort of natural ending point although none of us wanted to lose the show at the time. It had everything, and I was and still am besotted with it. Downton = Highest Quality Television Drama Programming on PBS.
I will take this opportunity to lament another excellent drama that had A LOT more story to explore but was sadly truly "cancelled," and that was the excellent Indian Summers. Such a shame to have lost it. It was a thrilling drama with everything you could ask for in a good historical drama---just like Downton.
Gee...who knew "Rose" was a MAIN character? Wasn't she a (forgettable) secondary character, at best?
I'm ready to watch the whole series again for the 3rd time. I loved it soooo much!
The creator of this needs to look up the word "canceled."
And the spelling...! “ Cancelled “ is the correct, i.e the UK-way!
Poor Mr. Borrow never did find love until the first movie. I was glad of that-felt sorry for him. Poor lad.
Downton Abbey was my escaped time when I was in college. That is why I'm so happy when they made the Film Adaptation. Thank you Downton Abbey ✨
Would love to see the progression through the Stock market crash of 29
And through WWII with trips to the US and other locations.....
Downton Abbey is a view of the upper crust of British society presented by a member of that class. The Crawleys were definitely an idealized aristocratic family in their treatment of their servants.
They should ne another movie dealing with coras family with the 1929 stock market crash
One sequel dealing with 1940 would be nice but that would have required recasting.
Also, let's face it, 6 years is a good run for a show. These actors want to get on to other projects.
I seriously expected to see more of some of the stars.
I loved DA, but I think it went down when Sybil and Matthew died.
It did.
@@TheKrazysexykool It was still good but some episodes so-so. The costumes were fantastic and the castle over the top beautiful.
I truly loved this programme. How the other lived
Educational.
I also love stories of ordinary people of the time.
Back when England was England. Back when people raised their own children when their country needed more people, instead of shipping in their replacements. Back when the words gentlemen and ladies, actually meant something.
Excuse me....? What do you know of BRITAIN 🇬🇧 you probably watch a bit of fake news and think you know our country. ...Things change , times have changed EVERYWHERE
People raised their own children? Upper and middle class didn't, they had Nannies and sent them to boarding school
I'm rewatching right now and am at the episode where Edith steals the baby from the woman who had raised her for 3 or so years. I know we're supposed to be sympathetic to put-upon Edith but what she did was incredibly cruel. First she took the baby from a family that had no doubt bonded with it as an infant then from a woman who loved it deeply. Horrible.
Really emotionally damaging to the child and in real life, there’d probably never be a strong bond between Edith and her daughter who had been twice removed from a loving family situation in her earliest years.
Those episodes were disturbing to me. They show Edith as emotionally unbalanced, desperate to erase the consequences of her indiscreet relationship. The woman who was mother to the child for three years saw the situation for exactly what it was -- a power play by spoiled rich aristocrat.
I’d say Edith's most admirable action in all this was choosing not to have an abortion and giving life to the child she made with Michael. And with that, she should have left the baby in Switzerland and that would have been another noble sacrifice. But then the DA writers would’ve had to create a different storyline for Edith without falling back on her child as an emotional ping-pong ball to conveniently create drama and conflict. Instead, the child became Edith's "happy pill" and the only cure for her sadness.
@@spiritmatter1553 She could have had the baby fostered in Switzerland for a while and then found a foster family in England later.. perhaps near Rosamiund... but leave the child in peace to grow up.. not popping in all the time, favouring her own child and upsetting the couple who were giving the child a home and loved her.
After all it was Her Baby
Hang on one moment, the show ended in 1926( actually on New Year's Day, just after midnight) and began as we know in 1912.. that's 13(ish) years.
I would have liked seeing the Abbey during WW2. I did like all the references to world events and seeing how WW1 changed life.
I just recently binge watched it for the first time a couple months ago. The movie was awesome also. Getting ready to watch it again.
Same!
@@lavondadebrito1178 So you enjoyed it also?
@@rudolphmcneill515 absolutely! I am also planning to watch it again😊
@@lavondadebrito1178 YEAHYAAA!!! Same here. Started the first episode again, but realized that I wasn't ready right at that moment. 🙂
@@lavondadebrito1178 Did you see the movie? I saw that before the series. A little backward. Lol
The scenery. Costumes, Fabulous
Bull, I loved this show! And, some day somebody will follow with more stories related to Downton Abbey! Get off you negativity and let’s go again even if you have to use some new people along with the old❤️ I loved it and miss the show! Why do we have to put up with people who are not ready to go forward. Are they so successful now that they don’t need to continue with a tried and true success???
I agree 1000% Ella!!!! There are so many characters to introduce. A new romance for Roberts sister, Mrs O'Brien returns (she was great) the Doctor has a romance....... Best show ever! Julian Fellowes please give us more!!!!!!!!
Edith's boyfriend had the misfortune of traveling to Munich in 1922 to work as a Liberal British journalist...the Nazis, accordingly, because he was Liberal and British just after the Great War, murdered him...
The only people I hear fans talking about are Countess and Thomas Barrow.
Honestly don't know why I kept on watching after Sybil and Matthew died. Maggie and Matthew's mother were amusing but that was about it. Nothing I
wanted to happen happened and the ending, with Edith marrying someone of a higher rank than Mary's husband, was so snobbish it offended me. I had
hoped Edith would have stayed independent and maybe had a liason with Tom. In fact, Mary and Edith both seemed to get along with him so well, I was
really surprised the story never went there. I guess it wasn't snobbish enough for the show. And Daisy, the little kitchen maid, only had one schitk: losing
her temper and spouting off then panicking about doing so. How many times did we see that? Once was enough. And Rose and the black musician.
Come one, people, even the Granthams, were not that enlightened back then. I hate when period shows attribute modern sensibilities to their characters.
It makes light of how hard it was to achieve basic equality for so many people. And Matthew's mother marrying that lord or whatever instead of the nice
doctor. It seemed out of character for her. Well, I never got the attraction of Upstairs/Downstairs either but I always thought that was because of the
screwed up way they aired the show in the US. Still love the Downton theme song though. It will always be the best part for me.
“In spite all this, fans tuned in season after season”.
I LOVED EVERY SEASON
“Losing 4 Main characters in 4 seasons was reason enough to cancel” ummmm hello have you never seen walking dead?? Lol you just introduce new characters !
Matthew and Sybil. Who were the other 2? (Matthew's gf and Daisy's husband?)
Watched all the season then my son bought the DVD’s for me and I watched them again. Watched the movie and during the lock down watched it all over, great series sorry to see it go. Everything was great and it was especially good to watch as the world was on end during beginning of Covid, it was a great escape.
They should have given Robert a weird brother, who would be known to the town's folk as "Creepy Crawley".
Then there would have been no Matthew storyline. 😒
@@flyboy152 Totally missed the joke, didn't you.
@@rhinehardt1 No, I completely got the joke, just pointed out the downside
Maggie Smith was in Harry Potter films, I doubt Downton was the only reason she gets recognised.
She was a legend even before those two!😃
They've got wrong. There has always been estates like Downtown Abbey all over the British Isles. It was where the Lord of the Manor lived. The staff were not "cheap labour". The estate workers and their families, worked on the estate, and were part of the community. Many generations of families worked on estates.
The Spencers for instance worked on the Sandringham estate. They served the royal family. Many generations later one of Spencers lady Diana married into actual royalty etc etc. The point being the British classes were close and depended on each other.
Sorry your wrong
The Spencers were not servants nor estatte workers.
@@glen7318 The Spencer family had worked in the royal household for many generations. They were awarded land and a vast estate, for their long service by the King. Diana is the tenth generation. They became aristocracy in other words commoners,. A commoner basically means someone without a royal title. . The word commoner doesn't mean poor. The prime minister for instance is a commoner.
I enjoyed Downton Abbey, but it really did run out of steam. The only way they could have continued on, would have been to go back in time and and show what is was like 2 or 3 centuries in the past. I would watch that!
OK...had to stop watching after the piffle about Maggie Smith's privacy. The woman's been acting for at least half a century; why is privacy an issue NOW?!?!?!?! I have a hard time believing that the youth of the UK didn't recognize her as Prof. McGonnagall should they spot her around town, nor their parents/grandparents recognize her from the many films she's done before Harry Potter.
Indeed, someone who won the Academy Award for Best Performance by Actress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1969 suddenly becomes easily recognizable in public because of her role in Downton Abbey? Not buying it.
Thank you for the video
But what about Daisy’s wedding?
Great show. It’s among one of my favorites.
Miss Downton Abbey
terribly. It was one of the few decent programs on cable. Maggie Smith had an incredible sense of humor on the show!
Plus, she is quite well known in America too!
They should keep making new shows. Americans loved this beautiful series. It put Hollywood to shame with it's well done performances.
Never thought Henry Tolbert and Mary crawler had any chemistry at all, he was suppose to be strong enough to handle Mary but to me he seemed kind of wimpy . I thought there was more chemistry between her and Mr. Blake
There was more chemistry between her and Tom than any of them.
Julian Fellows always said he had no desire to take the show into pre war 1930's.
I loved this series, but think it was right to end when it did. However, I do have a few of minor criticisms:
1) The story began in 1912 and ended about 13 years later, but no one looked a day older then than they did at the start! 2) I know of no condition which could have prevented Mary from falling pregnant, which could be cured by a 'minor operation'. What 'minor operation'? Contrast X-rays to reveal blocked Fallopian tubes were not available in the 1920s.
3) Not one lady who became pregnant seemed to suffer any pregnancy sickness, so they were able to keep their condition secret, for various reasons, for some time. This is especially odd with Anna, who had a least two pregnancies before the one which eventually went to term. An incompetent cervix is highly unlikely to cause a miscarriage before 16 weeks, often later. Could she really have kept her pregnancies from Mr Bates for so long? Furthermore, when a woman with a Shirodkar suture goes into labour, it must be removed immediately, or the cervix will be ripped to shreds. Would the local doctor have known how to do that?
I loved this show and hated to see it end.
Well, the old gal will still be recognized til her last day.
I really enjoyed this show!
I watched the series after the movie, then rewatched the movie. I loved them both, but the show ran it’s course and the writers did a fabulous job! Pure entertainment at its best.
I was never tired of Downton. If anything I'm tired of being frustrated that it ended. I'm so happy that they will have another movie released in March.
I find it hard to believe that she left due to loss of privacy considering she was professor McGonagall in Harry Potter.
She has given an interview on this. It was DA that changed her life. No one bugged her in supermarkets before DA.
@@lizziebkennedy7505 I doubt that. I'm sure children recognized her from the Harry Potter films, and their parents/grandparents recognized her from "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "Murder by Death", "Death on the Nile", "Evil Under The Sun", "California Suite", "Hook", the "Sister Act" films or any of the other films she's done.
Saw a fan fic theory of picking up the story as DA enter WWII, which is a much better idea than any proposed prequel IMO. Which actor in her right mind would take the Violet role knowing they’d be judged on Maggie’s performances?
I do not watch this show as an actual telling of the history, ie how the rich and the poor dealt with each other. It is a show and for entertainment. I love the costumes and styles and the house (Abby) that was one of the main characters for me. Loved all the seasons which I watch over and over and the movie.
Watching now and I Absolutely LOVE it!!!!
I would have loved to see more seasons, but I understand why good things must come to end. One doesn't want to over stay their welcome. (Like the walking dead)
uh, as a fan I can say that I could have lived with many more seasons and I am looking forward to hopefully another movie. I think you underestimate us.
Did you even watch the show?
cancelled?? They are working on a 2nd film..
She's sad about losing her privacy after all these years? Well how many does she think she has left anyway.
They could have gotten a lot more mileage out of the time during the war.
I just adore Maggie Smith
I loved it. Just rewatched all.
Maybe because the plot got RIDICULOUS.
I couldn't stand the two that always had their heads together causing drama..as if they were the only ones that mattered..That one lady's maid that causes the main woman to fall and lose her baby...
This is crazy, as a fan of the show I would watch it forever, and like the new movie, we could be watching the younger generation… I mean some shows in Britain last forever and there are still tons of fans watching…
I wish someone would write Downton Abbey as a book....or rather a few dozen books!
Julian Fellows did write a novel-Belgravia-which was made into a six-episode miniseries which is seen regularly on Epix. Different timeline, different characters, but still very enjoyable. The sets and costumes were magnificent.
You must have had a very disappointing experience with the Downton production. Did you miss having a part? Were you rejected? Your bitterness shows in each sentence of this review.
Once or twice "the war in South Africa " was mentioned in the Downton Abbey series. I am South African and live in a City that's considered the last British Outpost. Queen Victoria visited this City of Pietermaritzburg. I trained as a nurse at a hospital in this City. The hospital was founded by Sir George Grey who was originally from Britain. The influx of British Settlers between 1849 and 1850 was the reason Sir G. Grey had this hospital built. The hospital is called Greys Hospital Pietermaritzburg. Many of the white English speaking people here are originally from the United Kingdom and still very colonial in their ways. When I visited the USA many people asked me if I was from England because of my English accent and mannerisms. No I am the 4th generation here in South Africa. I am now African and even speak an African language (with an English accent I've course) called Zulu.
Unlike American TV shows like Greys' Anatomy, British shows don't go on pointlessly messing up story arcs and characters endlesssly with monetary profit the only reason for keeping it from being ended. British TV shows end before they get idiotically convoluted.
My Lord r some folks lost Maggie Smith has had a movie career 4 Ever won 2 Oscars harry Potter & Dalton just put her in 2 the stratosphere but she's been an actress that I've loved for many many years. Way before doll today which I adore and probably have watched each season at least 10 times 💙🇬🇧
Couldn't make it to the end...waaaaaaay too many Ads.
Buy the series! It's the only way to go ;-)
Can I remind you, the seasons were called Downton Abbey, not Dow'un.
Every series has a natural run- and anywhere between 5 and 8 seasons is plenty. Usually these shows have run their course, continuing them would only do them a disservice.
Love this show. Wish they would make more seasons.
I noticed that the 3 Crawley ladies are rather cursed. Each time one of them have a child, one in the couple dies. When Lady Mary had her son, her husband Matthew Crawley was killed in a car accident. When Lady Edith had her daughter, Michael Gregson, the father, was killed in Germany. When Lady Sybil had her child, she died. Its too wonder who died when Lady Mary had her 2nd child.
well with 2 of them it was just that actors wanted to leave the show.
Absurd!! That is an absurd estimate. This was a delightful series, realistic and absorbing. We still watch it and are delighted that a new movie is in the offing.
I was interested in that book about this video but it's not in Spanish ...
Did anyone else want Branson and Mary to share their grief together and become a couple? someone? no? Well, I do.
Despite the fact that the plot seemed to wane after the fourth season, it is still one of my favorite series, I can watch all the chapters over and over again.
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Bueno, de este video me interesó ese libro pero no está en español...
¿Alguien más quería que Branson y Mary compartieran su dolor juntos y formaran una pareja? alguien? no? Bueno, yo sí.
A pesar de que el argumento parecía decaer a partir de la cuarta temporada, sigue siendo de mis series preferidas, me puedo mirar todos los capítulos una y otra vez.
Branson and Mary? No, Branson had been too close to their sister. He was devastated by Sylbil’s loss. As was she, but I see her already looking upon him as a sibling. Plus Tomas was after all Irish.We are now so far from that war between the Irish and the English to ignore that intensity of Tom’s nationalistic feelings, because we Americans do not know that Ireland had been treated horribly by the English upper class over the centuries. .