clucker1 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 starts tomorrow and the delish Richard E Grant is in it. ITV1 tomorrow 9pm....woohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I foolishly agreed to go round to a friend's house tonight without realising what I'd done! I'm hoping she might cancel, I know I can record it and watch tomorrow but it's not the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Having never started watching this series, is it worth just starting to watch tonight, or would it be best to watch the previous ones first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I just started watching on Netflix and just finished season 3. No iTV here... So I need to wait untill it will be on Netflix or Dutch tv.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Oh no back to watching Lady Mary aka a woodentop - i find her sooo annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Yes looking forward to it as well.I hope there is some good storylines.I thought the last series had got a bit laboured,still enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counturchickens Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Also looking forward to it, although will record as it runs a bit late for me and I can forward the adverts. It's another reminder that autumn and winter are in their way though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Downton and Strictly definitely autumn! Soon be Christmas too, hard to remember that lovely sun soaked holiday, it seems so long ago now. Arrrh well, that's endless turn of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Ooer....well that went off with a bit of a pop whiz and bang. Loved it as ever, and Dame Maggie Smith delivered some brilliant lines as ever. Roll on next Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Absolutely love Dame Maggie Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 This is going to be good. My Sunday evenings sorted for a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Confession time - I fell asleep during last half hour. OH came in and asked " are you listening to this?" sad to say I was ZZZZZZZZing it big time. I think Lady Marys voice is a cure for insomnia. What did I miss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Loads! The bang pop and whiz depending on your viewpoint and which member of the cast you are referring to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Felt wierd watching it on a laptop in Slovakia rather than at home with the family but enjoyed it all the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Oooo er naughty Lady Mary (stayed awake this week ) I assume the poor maid was sent out to buy a cap. One size fits all. Lady M still very wooden even when shes up to no good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Isn't Dame Maggie absolutely brilliant....just amazing. I particularly liked the part about 10 mins into the program where she told the Butler what Mary was doing on her granddaughter's trip away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Sorry to all you DA fans, but I read this at the weekend on FB and it did make me chuckle a bit Do you know what happens when you watch Downton Abbey ? Time slows down to almost a stop and then you fall into a boredom coma..and when you wake up six weeks later a Lady has changed her hat and someone ate their soup with the wrong spoon. from Marniemakes It just struck a chord with me as my first foray into watching it I just couldn't see why everyone loves it so much. Maybe it would be different if I and watched it from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I didnt see the first series either and have managed to stay awake during the last 2 episodes - but I am starting to find it all a bit tedious too. Some of the acting is very wooden and apart from Maggie Smith I dont think some of the others are that good. Frankly I wish someone would bump Lady Mary off - I just dont think a woman in her position would confide in a maid about FP issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I love the historic angle of it. Last night's episode the telephone, I remember in the 70s and 80s being told there was a call for me. And the skirts are rising further up the leg too. Of course now days a lot of people have their own phone, so "sharing" doesn't happen so much. Similarly like washing up, a family chore now the dishwasher does it, thus reducing those family moments...I know technology moves us on, but sometimes I do wonder about it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I love the historical angle too. The first two series were brill. for that but I'm beginning to get a little disgruntled as Lady Mary and others get up to things that really they would not have done at that time. I just don't think an aristocratic family up in Yorkshire in the 20s would have had almost every female member playing away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I think more played away than was thought. FP was just coming in and was around for those more wealthy. I read "House of Elliot" set in the 1920's and a lot of well to do ladies were using some sort of cap device. Pity no one told Lady Edith How long before Marigolds adoptive mum cottons on. Oh what a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
