After the horrific events of last week’s house party, viewers of Downton Abbey will have tuned in this week to see how sensitively Julian Fellowes dealt with the fallout, and whether any kindness could be restored if not to Anna then the programme as a whole.
Downton Abbey‘s fourth series continues on ITV next weekend and, amid the fallout of the eventful house party, a trip to the bright lights of London is planned.
So – rape as entertainment. Well, it’s a debate to be had, isn’t it?
When ITV denied the press access to a preview of last night’s episode, we assumed it was for some trivial reason: a CGI backdrop of London that had yet to be painted in, while Edith bumped into Virginia Woolf in the foreground. That sort of thing.
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Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel, when the world turns at Downton, it turns only in the direction of the past.
Crime dramas have ruled the roost in the ratings lately, but all that is about to change with the return of Downton Abbey to light up our autumnal Sunday evenings.
Downton Abbey‘s fourth series continues on ITV next weekend and Rose gets into a sticky situation at a tea dance in York.
Following the Christmas episode of Downton Abbey, which did for Matthew with a car what childbirth did for Lady Sibyl, you could have been forgiven for thinking that there was only so much melodrama one series could take. But stately homes – and big budget ITV series – don’t go off course so easily.
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Downton Abbey returns to ITV later this month for a fourth series and Mary is struggling to come to terms with her loss following Matthew’s untimely death.