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EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey returns! Delight
for fans as filming secretly starts on
a new series of the show in surprise comeback

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Posted By: Harlowe, 2/13/2024 11:06:27 PM

Filming has secretly started on a new series of Downton Abbey. The period drama--the last episode of which was aired a little over eight years ago--is making a surprise comeback in a seventh series. Bosses hoped to be able to bring back some of the big name actors such as Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern and Joanne Froggatt who appeared in the previous six seasons and two movie spin-offs. While it is not known if all of them have signed up, chiefs are said to be 'thrilled' with their casting.

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Wonderful news! Enough of the blood, guts, filth, perversions, and assorted moral depravities the predominant entertainment industry pedals as artistic and talented.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: dobst 2/13/2024 11:39:17 PM (No. 1657328)
Probably with DEI requirerments.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: MFM 2/13/2024 11:39:26 PM (No. 1657329)
There comes a point however enjoyed the early seasons..Actors needs the coin!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 2/13/2024 11:51:00 PM (No. 1657332)
I’ll be riveted. Until the first woke scene. Loved the original. Superb fun.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Lucky5 2/14/2024 2:13:53 AM (No. 1657352)
Love Maggie Smith.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: SweetPea3 2/14/2024 4:56:44 AM (No. 1657396)
What #1 & #3 said. Unfortunately, they're not happy until they " woke" the heck out of sequels.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 2/14/2024 5:06:08 AM (No. 1657405)
It's a clear slap in the face to hollywood when the Brits beat out 99% of their pathetic efforts. PBS is actually doing quite well by airing the Brit programs. I also enjoy Death in Paradise where the dark-skinned actors are of the Caribbean variety and quite good, unlike our domestic product.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: anniebc 2/14/2024 5:10:11 AM (No. 1657408)
Too much focus and acceptance of the deviant homosexual lifestyle. When I was working on my masters in English at the turn of the century, I had to battle every discussion of some piece of literature because homosexuality was being read into everything. I was in my thirties, so I was mostly arguing with brainwashed twenty somethings. They were sold out on abortion too, and on that one they could only place the thought of abortion in the minds of the characters. I enjoyed making them lose every single time. I loved the first series of Downton Abbey, though.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Amanoftwistsandturns 2/14/2024 8:17:12 AM (No. 1657496)
Being Cornish I’d rather see a return of Poldark- even in its updated form.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: jinx 2/14/2024 8:28:37 AM (No. 1657504)
I quit watching after the first season. It bored me to tears. Watching upper crust elites whine and argue is not what entertains me. Once is enough.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: felixcat 2/14/2024 8:30:51 AM (No. 1657510)
I usually love these British melodramas but I tried and DA just didn't do it for me.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Daisymay 2/14/2024 8:33:18 AM (No. 1657511)
Can't wait! I watched Downton Abbey, then watched it again on Prime. I loved it! I also watched the Follow up Downton Abbey Shows. It's great to have something to watch without every other word being the "F" .Word!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 2/14/2024 10:13:55 AM (No. 1657589)
I lost interest in DA after the third season. I tried to watch the fourth season, but realized that I didn't like any of the remaining characters after they killed off Matthew.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: udanja99 2/14/2024 2:02:02 PM (No. 1657756)
Awesome! I love the series and just re-watched all of it while in bed recovering from a terrible sinus infection. I’ve always wondered what would happen to the Crawleys with the stock market crash in 1929. I do hope that the new series will be an improvement on the second Downton Abbey movie which was just awful.
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