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Downton Abbey is renewed for a fourth series as pictures are released from the very emotional Christmas special
Downton Abbey will return for a fourth series and ITV have revealed that viewers can expect an emotional tearjerker for the Christmas special.
Although they have kept details of the two-hour special under wraps, they have said that the domestic staff will feature heavily in the storyline.
Laura Mackie, ITV's director of drama even warned that audiences should have their tissues at the ready for the episode that will be shown on Christmas Day.
Gearing up: Dame Maggie Smith and the cast of Downton Abbey will not only be back for a fourth series, but also a Christmas special
Get ready: Michelle Dockery, as Lady Mary, will feature in the two-hour long special that will air on Christmas Day
While the seasonal special will feature all of the usual suspects, the fourth series may not necessarily contain key stars such as Dan Stevens and Michelle Dockery.
Both are confirmed to be in the Christmas special but executives said 'negotiations are on-going' over whether they will feature in the main series next year.
Heartthrob: Dan Stevens will be seen doing a spot of fishing in the Christmas special which is set to be an emotional roller coaster
The good life: The staff at Downton Abbey are set to feature heavily in the storyline
Series four will film between February and July next year and it is understood the main actors have until early January to confirm they will return.
There have been question marks too over whether Dame Maggie Smith will return the waspish Dowager Countess.
Creator Julian Fellowes said there would always be a place for Dame Maggie in the show and insisted he would not “kill her off” even if she chose to leave.
Returning? Despite the period drama being renewed, it is unclear whether Dan Stevens and Michelle Dockery will be back as Matthew Crawley and Lady Mary
The fans will be pleased: On Friday it was revealed that the show will be returning for its fourth season
Stevens, 30, already has American management and has moved New York to star in Broadway play The Heiress.
The man behind it: Writer and producer Julian Fellowes will also no doubt be pleased
He said in a recent interview:‘New York for me is going to be one big adventure. I will be taking the whole family out and we will be there for six months.‘I don’t know if I will be returning to Downton.’
Similarly, Michelle Dockery has made waves in the US with her polished performance as Lady Mary.
The 30-year-old said earlier this year: 'It certainly feels as though there are more opportunities for us over there. I love spending time in the US.
An eight episode series will broadcast next autumn, followed by a Christmas special in 2013.
The opening and closing episodes will again be feature length with series four continuing the story of the Crawley family and their servants in the early 1920s.
Executive producer Gareth Neame, said: ‘Viewers can look forward to more drama, comedy, love, hatred, jealousy, rivalry, ambition, despair and romance.’
There will be a two hour special this year at 9pm on Christmas Day in which Lord and Lady Grantham will visit their Scottish cousins at Duneagle Castle, accompanied by servants John Bates, his wife Anna, and O’Brien.
This is the home of Lady Rose, played by newcomer Lily James, who was sent home in the last episode of series three after her dalliance with a married man.
There is a suggestion of new romance for Lady Edith and even cook Mrs Patmore, and more arguments for Matthew and Mary Crawley.
There will also be a new housemaid – Edna – played by MyAnna Buring.
Will they be in the fourth series? The third season ended earlier this month on a high and has now been commissioned for more drama
‘And when that happens the domestic staff of Downton would remain. What will they get up to while the family is away?’
被兩年前明珠台播出的第一季唐頓莊園雷到了，而且中毒很深。但等啊等，等到花兒也謝了，它似乎沒有打算繼續播下去的跡象。
無論如何，今天的香港還有免費的英文頻道可以收聽收看，應心存感激，好好珍惜餘下的幸福。特別是明珠台的外購劇集，很「正」啊！最近星期日00:20在播的 2 broke girl$, 體會到甚麼是笑到碌地。它應打出提醒字句「現在已經夜深，請將(你的笑聲)音量收細。」A記英文台較早前有一出 Two & A Half Men 亦很搞笑，但此台的好東西會忽然人間蒸發，慣了。
針對普遍香港電視觀眾的口味，明珠台不再購入S2、S3來播或許是對的！S2開頭除了交代一些S1留下的伏筆外，主線環繞著戰爭。鏡頭出現帥哥時就是在戰地上血流披面，唐頓莊園變了醫護所，莊園的眾女們成了救護天使。各人都忙著國家大事，兒女私情擱在一旁。劇情是有須要的，但鏡頭美感欠奉，S2是個截然不同的tone。
誰不情願很 easy 的按一個電視開關制，大大個連微細孔亦看得清清楚楚的畫面就呈現在眼前！而且劇中那些文縐縐的英文，不如美劇或 Hollywood 電影般易明，聽得頗為吃力。但一氣呵成的感覺亦很爽！看著、看著、S3E1的劇情為何接不上呢? 原來S2~S3之間加插的2011聖誕特別篇也有故事哩！
衷心祝願世界和平、戰爭不再，亦是在追看唐頓莊園視迷們的心聲，S3盼到了！開始時還辦了一場婚禮，將戰後的陰霾全洗掉。在 Mary 和 Matthew 的婚禮前一晚，Grandma 唱起 Let Me call you sweetheart來，記起也珍藏了一個 Patti Page 的版本。
S3看似漸入佳景，劇情似乎回歸正點。有種感覺，為什麼男女主角沒交足戲，難道是鏡頭前恩愛、鏡頭後打餐死? 不太投入的，又豈只他們倆呢！其實幾位較年輕劇中擁專貴身份的演員都已盟去意，愛心爆棚天使般的三妹中段時已離隊了。
那個…那個…怎麼會是 2012 聖誕特別篇呢??? 看罷很 DOWN 啊！這一集絕對不適合在普天同慶、家人歡聚的聖誕節播出，應是甚麼時候都不適宜！唐頓莊園寫到這裡，安排了兩次一命換一命的情節，兩樁慘事緊接著喜事發生。聽聞 Dan Stevens 不再續約，唯有將劇本寫成這樣子。就算 Matthew 在 S3 圓潤了不少，他依然是劇中最吸引眼球的一位。收埋自己作地獄式瘦身?不是！是 Dan 計劃移居到美國演出百老匯劇，可能在劍橋修英國文學的他想更有所發揮。
自從大老爺投資失敗幾乎令莊園不保，Dan 的角色 Matthew 可是全劇的中心點啊！更期待他用承繼了的遺產救了莊園後，將會有一番新搞作。難道以後的改革創新思維就落到那位長相不怎樣但性格火爆、自悲引致的心靈極度脆弱、農家出身的愛爾蘭三女婿身上? 或是將主線再進一步轉移到低下階層眾家僕的愛愛恨恨及小兒科的人事爭鬥事件上? 不太感興趣！其實這類邊寫邊拍的劇集，故事不及原著改編的來得完整。據說 Season 4 將會在秋天播出，但真不知道有沒有還想看下去的吸引力。
人生充滿期待！一出原著改編的劇集接上。看過 Sherlock後，頗喜歡 Benedict Cumberbatch 這位英國演員，特別是他聰慧而銳利的眼神。通常 BBC 的 drama 一季只幾集，這出 Parade's End S1共 5集，期待 S2。
BBC Two drama, Parade's End is set during a formative period of British history – from the twilight years of the Edwardian era to the end of the First World War. At its centre is English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens (Benedict Cumberbatch), his beautiful but wilful wife Sylvia (Rebecca Hall), and Valentine Wannop, a young suffragette, played by Adelaide Clemens.
Ford Maddox Ford's key modernist novel Parades End, published as a series of four books between 1924 and 1928, is adapted for BBC television by Britain's foremost playwright, Sir Tom Stoppard.
Executive producer Damien Timmer says: "The idea to adapt Parade’s End came years and years ago when I first read the novels.”
"What Benedict Cumberbatch has managed to do is bring Christopher’s inner life to the forefront. He makes him utterly mesmerising, even when he just appears to be watching things unfold around him. He makes for a very interesting and unusual kind of hero. He has this very strong moral code, fierce intellect, and in lots of ways rejects the 20th century, exasperating the people around him; he has this huge brain but doesn’t want to engage with things that are happening and unfolding. He drives Sylvia to madness but somehow Benedict makes this incredibly accessible and really fascinating."
Ford Maddox Ford's key modernist novel Parades End, published as a series of four books between 1924 and 1928, is adapted for BBC television by Britain's foremost playwright, Sir Tom Stoppard.
Executive producer Damien Timmer says: "The idea to adapt Parade’s End came years and years ago when I first read the novels.”
"What Benedict Cumberbatch has managed to do is bring Christopher’s inner life to the forefront. He makes him utterly mesmerising, even when he just appears to be watching things unfold around him. He makes for a very interesting and unusual kind of hero. He has this very strong moral code, fierce intellect, and in lots of ways rejects the 20th century, exasperating the people around him; he has this huge brain but doesn’t want to engage with things that are happening and unfolding. He drives Sylvia to madness but somehow Benedict makes this incredibly accessible and really fascinating."
