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The ‘Downton Abbey’ Series Premiere Takes Us Back to Empire
'Downton Abbey' Season 1 is far sharper than you remember.
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'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' Closes the Crawley Era with Class
Downton Abbey and its fans have had a good run. Since the series debuted on PBS Masterpiece in 2011, there have been six seasons and two feature films' worth of Crawley family intrigues, affairs, deaths, and everyday existence to sate the most ardent of Anglophiles. However, the passing in
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The Final Hats of 'Downton Abbey'
Downton Abbey was the beginning of a new era on PBS when it debuted, even though no one knew it at the time. Meant as a truncated one-and-done miniseries when it premiered in the depths of winter in 2011, the series became a word-of-mouth sensation via burgeoning social media. By
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The Final 'Downton Abbey' Featurette Will Leave You Teary-Eyed
It is rare for a franchise to conclude in the 21st century, when the landscape is heavily marked by reboots, revivals, and reimaginings of older titles. It's not just shows like The Forsytes remaking The Forsyte Saga for a new century, or boyish comedy All Creatures Great &
Channel 5
Channel 5 Commissions 6 New Series We Need To See
Channel 5 continues its ambitious plans to become one of the pre-eminent sources of British drama with an announcement of half a dozen new shows to be commissioned for the 2025-2026 TV season. The slate, which was announced without a single American co-producer in sight, includes a diverse range of
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'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale's Posters Give a Last Look at Fan Favorites
One of our favorite traditions for Downton Abbey was the release of the yearly "Character Posters" that would arrive every season like clockwork, a few weeks before the new season premiered. (Longtime fans may recall the uproar that occurred one year when the image of Lord Grantham and
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'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' Trailer Hits Right in the Feels
Not every fan of Downton Abbey knows that the series theme song has a name and lyrics, beyond just "The Downton Abbey Suite." When the original soundtrack was released in the UK in 2011, it included a version of the track titled "Did I Make the Most
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The First Teaser for 'Downton Abbey's' "Grand Finale" Is a Delight
We've officially reached the 100-day mark until the release of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the third and, as the title desperately insists, final big-screen installment* of the beloved franchise that began 15 years ago on ITV and PBS. A series that consistently surprised both producers and critics
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Third & Final 'Downton Abbey' Film Christened "The Grand Finale"
Downton Abbey is revving up for one more round of storytelling on the big screen, but after this, the story is done. Thus proclaims the third movie's new title, Downton Abbey: The Grande Finale, revealed by Focus Features along with the poster key art for the film. The
BritBox
'The Inheritance' Will Be Bequeathed to BritBox in October 2024
Robert James-Collier is one of the few Downton Abbey actors who was a relative newcomer. He stuck it out for the series' full run and all the movies but has yet to fully break out beyond his role of the LGBTQ+ butler. Part of this stems from his being
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Next 'Downton Abbey' Film To Hit Theaters in 2025
The problem with writing about the forthcoming third Downton Abbey movie is that there's not much to write about. The newest installment of what has become a surprisingly long-lived feature film series since the first Downton Abbey movie was a blockbuster in 2019 began filming in the waning
BritBox
BritBox to Stream Channel 5 Series 'The Inheritance'
The announcement that the BBC was buying out ITV's share of BritBox International, officially severing the original deal between the two main U.K. networks that jointly owned the streaming service, viewers were worried about what that might mean for BritBox's lineup. Many of the high-profile