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Downton Abbey: Episode Three on Masterpiece Classic PBS – A Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , on 25 January 2011 | 18 Comments »

Episode three of Downton Abbey aired on Masterpiece Classic on Sunday. The “engine of social change is roaring through society,” its ripples even reaching traditional life at Downton. As the family upstairs and their servants downstairs face change, they are forced to make choices. Some like Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) and the Dowager Countess (Maggie [...]

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Downton Abbey: Episode Two on Masterpiece Classic PBS – A Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 17 January 2011 | 23 Comments »

Downton Abbey continued last night on Masterpiece Classic with episode two. After a great opening on PBS last Sunday to a record 7.6 million US viewers, this four-part Edwardian drama continues to charm and amaze me. The blending of the upstairs and downstairs lives of the residents of this stately manor house is compelling drama, [...]

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Downton Abbey: Episode One on Masterpiece Classic PBS – A Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 10 January 2011 | 50 Comments »

British period dramas have been the staple fare on Masterpiece Theatre on PBS (now Masterpiece Classic) for decades. It is easy to see why they selected Downton Abbey to open their celebratory 40th anniversary season. A huge hit when it aired in the UK last Fall, this new four-part Edwardian drama is set in an [...]

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Preview of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic PBS

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , on 4 January 2011 | 20 Comments »

The highly anticipated US premiere of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic begins on Sunday, January 9th at 9:00 pm on PBS. This new Edwardian-era four part period drama took UK audiences by storm when it aired last September in Great Britain. What? A period drama was a television sensation pulling in over 7 million viewers [...]

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