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6 Mar 2012
Dame Maggie Smith could be set to quit 'Downton Abbey'. The 77-year-old actress is said to be considering her future as the elderly Dowager Countess of Downton and has not yet entered negotiations for a fourth and fifth series of the drama. Dan…
10 Feb 2012
Early in this by-the-numbers comedy drama, a young salesperson eagerly enthuses to retiring couple Douglas (Bill Nighy) and Jean (Penelope Wilton) that 'the grey pound is very strong at the moment'. We’re quite clearly supposed to see this…
31 Jan 2012
Shirley MacLaine has joined cast of 'Downton Abbey'. The 'Terms of Endearment' actress will play Martha Levinson, the mother of Lady Grantham - played by Elizabeth McGovern - in the award-winning ITV1 period drama when it returns for a third series…
14 Dec 2011
Rob James-Collier wanted to do the infamous 'Dirty Dancing' lift with Dame Maggie Smith in the 'Downton Abbey' Christmas special. The 35-year-old actor - who plays scheming servant Thomas Barrow in the ITV1 period drama - has to dance alongside his…
4 Nov 2011
'Downton Abbey' has been re-commissioned for a third series. Following the success of the second season of the period drama - which is currently airing on ITV1 and pulling in an average of 11.5 million viewers per episode - the upcoming series will…
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