BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Julian Fellowes’ gilded new series? It’s New York’s answer to Downton Abbey 

The former model, 29, who studied drama at Yale and is known professionally by her middle name, plays heroine Marion Brook For those on the hunt for a good old costume drama to get your teeth into, there is good news on the horizon. Filming resumes imminently on The Gilded Age, the lavish new nine-part … Read more

Joanne Froggatt films scenes for new ITV thriller Angela Black 

She is a successful actress who is best known for playing Anna Bates in ITV’s Downton Abbey.  And Joanne Froggatt cut a casual figure as she filmed scenes for the new psychological thriller series Angela Black in London on Monday. The TV star, 40, donned a burgundy coat and a pair of blue flared jeans … Read more

To Olivia FIRST LOOK: Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes transform into Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal

To Olivia FIRST LOOK: Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes transform into Roald Dahl and his actress wife Patricia Neal in new biopic about the children’s author’s life and marriage By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 13:25 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 13:25 GMT, 12 November 2020 Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes channel Roald Dahl … Read more

Lily James compares her image to real life in newly unveiled interview amid Dominic West scandal

Embattled actress Lily James has spoken about the differences between how she’s perceived and how she truly is in a newly unveiled interview. The former Downton Abbey star, 31, hit headlines last week, after she was pictured embracing married actor Dominic West, 50, during a trip to Rome. And in a video interview with Grazia … Read more

Downton Abbey star Lily James goes shopping for blooms in Primrose Hill

Well, if your name’s Lily and you played Lady Rose, you have to say it with flowers! Downton Abbey star Lily James goes shopping for blooms (in aptly named Primrose Hill) By Padraic Flanagan For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:03 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 10 October 2020 You wouldn’t have … Read more

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes raises prospect of setting the show in the 1970s

Dowagers to disco: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes raises prospect of setting the show in the 1970s to see the fate of Lord Grantham’s heirs Downton Abbey’s creator has raised prospect of reviving the historical drama  Julian Fellowes wants to set the drama in the 1970s to see out the Thatcher years  He said it … Read more

Jim Carter confirms Downton Abbey cast have already read the screenplay for film sequel

‘The script is there’: Jim Carter confirms Downton Abbey cast have already read the screenplay for film sequel… and shooting begins in 2021 By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 14:45 BST, 24 September 2020 | Updated: 14:45 BST, 24 September 2020 Downton Abbey star Jim Carter has confirmed plans for a second feature length film … Read more

Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay MARRIES Ziggy Heath in surprise London wedding

Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay MARRIES Ziggy Heath in surprise London wedding with a red bus and church ceremony By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 11:13 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 11:18 BST, 15 September 2020 Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay has married Ziggy Heath in a surprise London wedding. The actress, 31, … Read more

The Singapore Grip leaves viewers ‘switching off’ as they bemoan ‘bizarre’ first episode

It follows in the footsteps of Downton Abbey and The Durrells as ITV’s latest Sunday evening period drama – but The Singapore Grip has failed to win over viewers with its first episode. The premiere left audiences at home ‘switching off’ and complaining about the ‘bizarre’ storyline – which shifted timelines between before and during the Second World War’s … Read more

Author reveals the challenges faced by the owners of Britain’s grand country houses

SOCIETY OLD HOMES, NEW LIFE    by Clive Aslet (Triglyph £50, 304 pp) What made audiences all over the world fall in love with Downton Abbey? Perhaps it was Lady Mary’s exquisite frocks, the Dowager Countess’s waspish put-downs, or the slow-burn romance between Carson and Mrs Hughes. But for many of us the real star was … Read more