SPOILER DOWNTON ABBEY: Julian Fellowes Talks

Fellowes: More drama for Lady Mary

Julian Fellowes has revealed that he's not too disappointed about Dan Stevens' exit from Downton Abbey - because it will bring more drama for Lady Mary Crawley.

Dan's character Matthew Crawley was killed off in the Christmas Day edition of the ITV1 period drama, and the creator promised that there will be juicy plots for his widow Mary, played by Michelle Dockery in upcoming fourth series.

"I adore Dan, I love him and wish him nothing but good things. He was terrific for us but that said, it's very hard to dramatise happiness," he said.

"Now Mary, having been very happy, is now having to fight her corner again and having to protect the interests of her child. In a way, that's interesting dramatically."

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"Downton Abbey" spoiler alert: We already know how Season 3 will end By Joanna Connors, The Plain Dealer

Warning: This story contains spoilers that have already been revealed all over the Internet. Do not read this if you plan on exploding with anger and then writing emails or leaving voice messages complaining about this.

The bad news came, as bad news will, at Christmas. Actually, it came on the Christmas special, in England, of "Downton Abbey," which will be the final episode in the PBS "Masterpiece Classic" season that starts tonight.

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SPOILER - KING OF SPOILERS - DOWNTON ABBEY CHRISTMAS EPISODE **BEWARE** (MAIL ON LINE)

By CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

The fatal twist was so unforeseen that it took the breath away. In Downton Abbey, after two hours of premonitions that Lord Grantham’s oldest daughter, Mary, would suffer the fate of her sister Sybil and die in childbirth, an entirely different tragedy occurred.

It happened off-screen: an open-topped roadster on a country lane, a looming lorry, and then a cut to Maggie Smith in the Abbey drawing room, reflecting that ‘we don’t always get our just deserts’.

That was, for her, an uncharacteristic understatement. Mary’s husband, cousin Matthew, was bowling home from the maternity hospital, where he had just kissed hello to his baby son, born a few weeks premature. 

He told his wife that he felt as if he’d swallowed a box of fireworks. She told him to remember the feeling, so that he’d forgive her more easily next time she did something silly... like crashing his precious car.

Downton Abbey has never been Matthew’s story: it’s a family saga. And yet he has been the pivot, the axle for the free-wheeling plot.

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Warwickshire's Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle tells of international fame (COVENTRY TELEGRAPH)

by Marion McMullen, Coventry TelegraphDec 24 2012

 DOWNTON Abbey has turned Warwickshire butcher’s son Brendan Coyle into an international hit.

Brendan can be seen playing stoic valet Bates when the glossy ITV hit returns on Christmas Day with a two-hour special.

The 1920s TV drama has seen Bates deal with an injured leg, fall in love and end up behind bars after being falsely accused of murdering his jealous ex-wife.

Brendan, whose father ran a butcher’s shop in Rugby, said: “A friend in LA was working on a film recently and he sent me a photograph of one of the crew wearing a Free Bates t-shirt. I don’t have one, but maybe that’s my Christmas presents sorted out.”



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‘Downton Abbey’ season 3: New videos featuring Joanne Froggatt, Hugh Bonneville (CARTER)

Before taking back to Britain to promote (and hopefully watch) their Christmas special, the cast of “Downton Abbey” season 3 all had an opportunity this past week to help promote the upcoming third season on PBS (premiering on January 6) on Anderson Cooper’s “Anderson Live!” talk show. What unfolded as a result was a rather lovely combination of humor, heart, and information about the show that so many of us love.

READ MORE PLUS ANOTHER VIDEO:http://cartermatt.com/44407/downton-abbey-season-3-new-videos-featuring-joanne-frogatt-hugh-bonneville/