Downton Abbey - ITV1

aaw night night.

Glad you took my quoting you the right way :)

I read/watch too much detective type stuff perhaps, but just making a point that sometimes our minRAB lead us in the obvious direction when there are alternatives available.

I'm currently wondering if the new heir might yet see some connection with Lady Edith and the estate and inheritance could be saved through that route? (in a genuine way, not a business arrangement)
 
I loved Bramwell and was sorry it ended. Never took to Darling BuRAB probably because it was to 'recent'. Not historical drama at all. I remember when the world was actually like that! I don't remember The Grand. Even looking it up for a reminder doesn't help. Who was in it?

I didn't say people didn't like commercial breaks, I said they were irritated by them. I also said people use them to go to the loo, make tea, feed the cat. The problem with a serious period drama, is the scene cuts don't often marry up with the breaks in the story. A crime drama is more suited to ad breaks, particularly if a scene enRAB with a mini-cliffhanger. Period dramas need longer concentration spans to allow the period being portrayed to have an effect and this can be spoilt by too many ad breaks and result in a quicker loss of interest. It's quite possible that too many ad breaks are seen as showing a lack of respect for the quality of the programme being shown, hence the reason so many people do not associate ITV with quality period dramas, however good some of them have actually been.
 
Carson`s (Jim Carter) with Alan T now, he`s a very nice man in `real `life,saying Julian Fellowes is busy writing a new series for next year..:)Didn`t know he was married to Imelda Staunton
 
I had thought it worked differently. A male inherits: therefore, Mary's son would inherit. I thought the concern was that she was not even engaged to anyone yet, so any opotential pregnancy would be some way off, and any potential sons would be even furtehr off. The family need to know who the heir will be, which is why they're trying to sort Mary's marriage out now.

The same principle applies in the Royal Family: Princess Anne has dropped down the list of heirs, past her younger brothers, because she's female.

Remembering my A-Level History, there was a Married Women's Property Act: I've googled it and it was 1882. This meant that a married woman's good and chattels no longer passed to her husband immediately on marriage. There were innumerable cases of men marrying rich women, dumping them, and then running off with the loot. Presumably this does not apply in the Grantham family because of Father's will?

I did find some of the material about inheritance ratehr tricky to follow. Mrs Chuff and I filled the ample commercial breaks by discussing it ...
 
Actually i can compare like to like, its my opinion,feel free to disagree but i cannot allow you or anyone else to say i cannot compare Finneran to Froggatt, for to do so would be denying my right to have an opinion.
 
Must have read it on Edwardian Twitter! :D

Actually it was surprising how news got around in those days. Gossip always had wings, I guess.
 
Just loving this programme, Sunday nights have suddenly livened up!
It's about time they put something decent on for us tv adicts.
There are so many good parts being played fantastically well too.
Would adore this to be a long term programme.
Can't wait for next week, looks just as good.
 
Are we being prepared for the cook going down with an eye condition (where's the flour?) only to be cured by one of the marvellous new technologies of the period?

FF to dicky tummies all round!
 
Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning creator of Downton Abbey, said: "I think the programme is pretty accurate. The real problem is with people who are insecure socially, and they think to show how smart they are by picking holes in the programme to promote their own poshness and to show that their knowledge is greater than your knowledge.
"The fact of the matter is that the really posh people are pleased to see something on television that isn't about a dead prostitute in a dustbin, and they seem to just be enjoying the programme."
An ITV spokesperson said "A great deal of consultation and painstaking research has gone into ensuring the historical accuracy of Downton Abbey. In spite of these efforts some small oversights may occasionally slip through the net.
"Many of the points raised are a matter of opinion and, as programme makers we make our decisions on the advice of the experts working with us.
"We remain committed to achieving a high standard of accuracy across the series, and what is important is that the emotional narrative of the story is intact. We believe we have achieved both."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...es-viewers-spot-howlers-in-Downton-Abbey.html
 
No she doesn't - but I dare say she might do soon if O'Brien has her way. Not sure I understand what's in it for O'Brien stirring up trouble this way, apart for gaining pleasure from other people's misery of course..
 
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