Downton Abbey: The London Season (Christmas Special 2013) [DVD]

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Morrow, Laurie Bogart (2012). The Giant Book of Dog Names. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-6690-8. Everything you need to know about the Downton Abbey movie". GoodHouseKeeping.co.uk. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020 . Retrieved 8 November 2018.

In the first series, she is shown to have feelings for first footman Thomas, something that Mrs Patmore tries to discourage as she can see that Thomas is "not a ladies' man". After being caught stealing a bottle of wine, Thomas takes advantage of her feelings for him to persuade her to tell Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes that she saw Mr Bates take the wine. She later retracts the statement as she feels guilty and over time, her feelings for Thomas diminish and she notices that Downton's other footman, William, likes her. She is unsure how to handle the situation, especially when he is drafted during the First World War and convinces himself that she is his sweetheart. She decides, with some encouragement from Mrs Patmore, to allow William his fantasy to boost his morale in battle and gives him a photo. After William is severely injured saving Matthew Crawley during the Battle of Amiens, Daisy agrees to marry him to give him some happiness in his life but is widowed six hours later. She resists claiming her widow's pension as she thinks it wrong to claim money for marrying a man that she liked but would have not married under normal circumstances. William's father reaches out to her and Daisy tries to tell him about her guilt but he refuses to listen. The older Mr Mason later explains to Daisy that William was his only surviving child and he had realised that William married Daisy not just because he cared for her but so his father would have someone to keep company. Upon learning that her parents are dead, he offers to take her under his wing as a surrogate daughter, which she accepts, though reluctantly at the outset. Eventually, she does grow close to him and learns he wishes to name her his sole heir. The story was inspired by true events. In 1996, Julian Fellowes learned that, according to a friend's great aunt's diary, around 1890 a diplomat did die in the bed of a single woman; the woman and a matron carried the diplomat's corpse to his guest bed, where a valet later found him; the secret was kept for a century. [22] John Drake [ edit ] Mrs Isidore Levinson. Mother of the Countess of Grantham" "Martha is rich". "Even Martha's own daughter does not seem entirely comfortable around her. Cora is not exactly cowed by her mother, but..." [familytree 2] Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 16 October 2011". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . Retrieved 24 October 2011. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV HD w/e 29 September 2013". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 13 October 2013.Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1+1 w/e 21 October 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013 . Retrieved 29 October 2012. In "The Finale", the final episode of the series and of the show, Anna is shown to be pregnant and still working as a ladies maid, much to the dislike and discomfort of Carson, who feels a woman in "her condition" should not be working. Vera Bates (played by Maria Doyle Kennedy) (d. 1918) was the estranged wife of John Bates. Having known each other since childhood, they married young and had a very unhappy marriage. In between serving in the Anglo-Boer War and joining the staff at Downton Abbey, John Bates went to prison for a theft that Vera had committed. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 23 September 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 1 October 2012. Despite the concern of her husband and of Lady Mary, Anna does keep working, although some of her duties are undertaken by other members of staff.

Daisy has a close relationship with Mrs Patmore, the cook, which is frequently more mother-daughter than two servants working together. At other times, Mrs Patmore becomes flustered and takes her frustration out on Daisy. She is also entrusted with teaching Lady Sybil how to cook, something which the pair enjoy. In 1919, she asks Mrs Patmore if, after many years in service, she can be promoted from kitchen maid to assistant cook and Mrs Patmore agrees to ask Mrs Hughes if the budget can support promotion for Daisy. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 16 September 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 24 September 2012.Anna is raped by Lord Gillingham's valet, Mr Green, which Mr Bates later discovers. Subsequently, Mr Green is killed in a London street accident. A local school teacher, Sarah Bunting, and Tom begin a friendship. Sampson, a card sharp and previous guest at Downton, steals a letter written by the Prince of Wales to his mistress, Rose's friend Freda Dudley Ward, which, if made public, would create a scandal; the Crawley family connives to retrieve it. In the first feature film, Bertie is asked by King George V to accompany him on a three-month tour of Africa. However, Edith reveals to him that she is pregnant, and the child's birth will coincide with Bertie's departure date. Unable to get out of his commitment himself, Bertie's mother-in-law Cora and Queen Mary intercede on his behalf. In the second film, Bertie and Edith's infant son is named Peter, presumably after Bertie's cousin.

Lenker states that the character is initially "a solid villain" but develops and "he gradually became one of the most beloved members of the Crawley family staff". [14] In the second Christmas special, Thomas, now known mostly as Mr Barrow, participates in the Tug-of-War match for the Downton side. When they win, Barrow follows Jimmy who, having won a large bet, has too much to drink. Barrow finds Jimmy just as he is cornered by two members of the opposing team, and puts himself in the way so Jimmy can avoid being beaten and mugged. Barrow is badly beaten instead. While he is recuperating, Jimmy comes to speak with him. Barrow accepts that Jimmy can never give him what he wants, so they instead agree to be friends. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV HD w/e 29 December 2013". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013 . Retrieved 6 November 2014. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV+1 w/e 29 September 2013". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013 . Retrieved 13 October 2013. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 21 October 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 29 October 2012.

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Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 21 October 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 29 October 2012. Downton Abbey film confirmed to shoot this summer with series cast returning". The Guardian. 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020 . Retrieved 14 July 2018. In the second feature film, Andy and Daisy are married and both living together on the farm with Mr Mason, and after the departure of Thomas Barrow it is hinted that Andy will succeed Barrow as Downton's butler.

Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1+1 w/e 23 September 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013 . Retrieved 1 October 2012. In the third series, when Lady Sybil goes into labour, he sees signs that she is suffering from eclampsia and is in danger of dying from the intense seizures and distress. However, because of his misdiagnosis of Matthew, Robert hires a well-known doctor who strongly disagrees with Clarkson. At first Sybil seems fine after the birth, but late in the night is found having fits and dies. Cora blames Robert for Sybil's death because he did not listen to Clarkson. Violet has Clarkson lie to mend their marriage. In a journey to the highlands it is revealed that Dr Clarkson has developed romantic feelings for Isobel Crawley. He had planned to make a proposal of marriage to her and took her to the village fair. However, after she explains her feelings on marriage he doesn't act. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 06 November 2011". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . Retrieved 4 January 2012.Joining the main cast will be Shirley MacLaine who will reprise her role as Martha Levinson and Paul Giamatti who will be playing Harold Levinson. [1] Synopsis [ ] Andrew "Andy" Parker (played by Michael C. Fox) is a footman who starts working at Downton Abbey in 1924. When he was at school he fooled around and never learned how to read or how to write anything but his own name. After the death of the heir to the estate and her unofficial fiancé, Mary's relationship with the new heir, distant cousin Matthew Crawley, begins coldly due to their different upbringing. Over time, however, the pair grow closer, and a romance develops. In 1914, Matthew asks Mary to marry him, but she is hesitant because of circumstances regarding the inheritance of the estate. Heartbroken and angered by her hesitancy, Matthew withdraws his proposal and decides to leave Downton. During the second series, Matthew serves in the First World War and both become engaged to other people, but after a series of obstacles, Matthew proposes to her again, and the two marry. After struggling with infertility, Mary becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, George, at the end of the third series. However, the same day, Matthew is killed in a car crash while driving home from the hospital. Mary struggles to move past her grief, but after the discovery of a letter from Matthew stating he intended to name Mary his sole heiress, she recovers and begins helping her father and brother-in-law Tom manage the estate. Lord Merton shows his emotions for Isobel Crawley, and Daisy Mason is admired by Harold's valet, Ethan Slade. Martha is also admired by Lord Asgarth. Lord Asgarth is simply interested in Martha's money, and she turns down his hasty proposal, saying that she has no desire to be married, but will invite him to her home and also invite some of her rich friends - ones who desire to be married to a titled Englishman. Thomas Barrow still tries to pump Phyllis Baxter for scandal, but she resists, helped by Joseph Molesley's support. Duncan, Amy (29 January 2015). "Downton Abbey 'to be axed after the sixth series in 2015 with cast members already looking for jobs in the US' ". Metro (British newspaper). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 . Retrieved 26 March 2015.