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Prince William talks his and Kate’s ‘favourite program’ Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey bosses have denied reports the show ended because they could not secure Dame Maggie Smith for a seventh series.
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In an interview with Deadline, he said: “We easily could have gone for a seventh season”.
The first Downton Abbey Christmas special in 2011 drew an average United Kingdom overnight audience of 8.6 million and a peak audience of 9.1 million, which rose to 12.1 million in the consolidated viewer figures, followed by 6.8 million in 2012 and 6.6 million in 2013.
While we were all keen to find out whether Mr Bares and Lord Grantham would end on good terms and what Thomas Barrow’s fate would be, the main storyline we were all dying to know the end of was the will-they-won’t-they Edith and Bertie relationship.
Downton Abbey came to a conclusion on Christmas Day with a special episode to end the series and it was a case of happily ever after for the characters in the period drama. Though the series finale aired on ITV Christmas Day, tying up numerous leftover strands from series 6; Neame did also state that he and fellow writer Julian Fellowes “are keen” for a potential cinematic spin-off.
Only the Queen’s Christmas message was watched by more people, with 7.2 million tuning in live to hear the 10-minute lunchtime address across both ITV1 and BBC1.
The success marks the 1st time in 15 years of time of time in that ITV has crushed the BBC to say the very best rated Christmas Day show.
Beamish also recently welcomed Downton Abbey actress Joanne Froggatt, who plays maid Anna Bates, for the filming of a new ITV drama, Dark Angel, about the North East 1800s serial killer Mary Ann Cotton. Much of that really started to rear its head in 1929, so we wouldn’t want to see the show progress too much further than 1926 or 1927.
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“There are many more television treats for viewers to enjoy on BBC One over the rest of the festive season including Billionaire Boy, The Great Barrier Reef, Still Open All Hours, David Beckham special, And Then There Were None, Dickensian and Sherlock“.