DOWNTON ABBEY SERIES THRE TPB PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Julian Fellowes | 420 pages | 11 Sep 2014 | HarperCollins | 9780007481545 | English | London, United Kingdom Downton Abbey - Aired Order - All Seasons - Joining the cast in series three is Lily James as the Lady Rose MacClare Aldridge , a second cousin through Violet's family, who is sent to live with the Crawleys because her parents are serving the empire in India and, later, remains there because of family problems. Thomas Howes portrays William Mason, the second footman. Other household staff are Rose Leslie as Gwen Dawson, a housemaid studying to be a secretary in series one. Amy Nuttall plays Ethel Parks, a maid, beginning in series two and three. Matt Milne joining the cast as Alfred Nugent, O'Brien's nephew, the awkward new footman for series three and four, and Raquel Cassidy plays Baxter, Cora's new lady's maid, who was hired to replace Edna Braithwaithe, who was sacked. Ed Speleers plays the dashing James Jimmy Kent, the second footman, from series three through five. In series five and six Michael C. Fox plays Andy Parker, a replacement footman for Jimmy. In series four, five, and six Andrew Scarborough plays Tim Drewe, a farmer of the estate, who helps Lady Edith conceal a big secret. Cara Theobold portrays Ivy Stuart, a kitchen maid, joining the cast for series three and four. Influenced by Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country , [2] Fellowes writes the scripts and his wife Emma is an informal story editor. Highclere Castle , Hampshire Downton Abbey, interior and exterior. Byfleet Manor , Surrey the Dower House. Bampton, Oxfordshire Downton village. Beamish Museum , County Durham York, film. Highclere Castle in north Hampshire is used for exterior shots of Downton Abbey and most of the interior filming. Outdoor scenes are filmed in the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire. Notable locations include St Mary's the Virgin Church and the library, which served as the entrance to the cottage hospital. The Downton Abbey of the title and setting is described as lying in Yorkshire. The towns of Easingwold , Kirkby Malzeard , Kirkbymoorside , Malton , Middlesbrough , Ripon , Richmond , and Thirsk , each mentioned by characters in the series, lie in North Yorkshire , as does the city of York, while Leeds —similarly mentioned—lies in West Yorkshire. Yorkshire media speculated the general location of the fictional Downton Abbey to be somewhere in the triangulated area between the towns of Easingwold, Ripon, and Thirsk. First World War trench warfare scenes in France were filmed in a specially constructed replica battlefield for period war scenes near the village of Akenham in rural Suffolk. Greys Court near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire was used as the family's secondary property, which they proposed moving into and calling "Downton Place" due to financial difficulties in Series Three. Also in the third series, Bates's prison scenes were filmed at Lincoln Castle in Lincolnshire. Horsted Keynes railway station in Sussex is used as Downton station. Lancaster House in London stood in for Buckingham Palace. Alnwick Castle , in Northumberland , was the filming location used for Brancaster Castle in the and Christmas specials, which included filming in Alnwick Castle's State Rooms , as well as on the castle's grounds, and at the nearby semi-ruined Hulne Abbey on the Duke of Northumberland 's parklands in Alnwick. In , Wayfair. The film of Downton Abbey uses many of the television locations such as Highclere Castle and Bampton, as well as exterior shots filmed at Beamish Museum. A suite version was released on the soundtrack for the show on 19 September in the UK and later in the US on 13 December The soundtrack also included the song performed by singer Mary-Jess Leaverland , [32] with lyrics written by Don Black. STV , the ITV franchisee in central and northern Scotland including the Orkney and Shetland islands , originally opted out of showing Downton Abbey , choosing instead to screen a brand-new six-part series of Taggart , following a long practice of opting out of networked United Kingdom- wide programming on the ITV network. Many viewers with satellite or cable television tuned into other regional stations of the ITV network, for example ITV London , with viewing figures showing this is also commonplace for other ITV programmes. Canadian audiences could also view the series on PBS. In Australia, the first series was broadcast on the Seven Network beginning on 29 May ; [46] the second series was broadcast beginning on 20 May ; [47] and the third series beginning on 10 February At Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating out of to reviews from mainstream critics, the first series received an average score of 91, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". This has led to criticism from the political left and praise from the right. Great care has been taken to keep them pleasant and approachable, even when the things they say are sometimes shown to be class-bound and unfeeling. He wrote that Downton Abbey shows "there is no inherent need for good TV to be left of center. Stories sympathetic to virtue, preservation of property and admiration of nobility and of wealth can be told beautifully and to wide audiences. Downton Abbey has been a commercial success and received general acclaim from critics, although some criticise it as superficial, melodramatic or unrealistic. Others defend these qualities as the reason for the show's appeal. David Kamp wrote in Vanity Fair that "melodrama is an uncool thing to trade in these days, but then, that's precisely why Downton Abbey is so pleasurable. In its clear delineation between the goodies and the baddies, in its regulated dosages of highs and lows, the show is welcome counter- programming to the slow-burning despair and moral ambiguity of most quality drama on television right now. James Parker, writing in The Atlantic , said, "Preposterous as history, preposterous as drama, the show succeeds magnificently as bad television. The dialogue spins light-operatically along in the service of multiplying plotlets, not too hard on the ear, although now and again a line lands like a tray of dropped spoons. The acting is superb—it has to be. Heineman Jr. Its illustrious predecessor in television mega-success about the English upper class, Brideshead Revisited , is art. Writing in The Sunday Times , A. Gill said that the show is "everything I despise and despair of on British television: National Trust sentimentality, costumed comfort drama that flogs an embarrassing, demeaning, and bogus vision of the place I live in. It's beautifully made—handsome, artfully crafted and acted. Smith, who plays the formidable and disdainful Dowager Countess, has a lovely way of delivering words, always spaced to perfection. This is going to be a treat if you like a lavish period drama of a Sunday evening. While rumoured, due to the departure of actor Dan Stevens , the death of Matthew Crawley, in the Christmas special, drew criticism. The third episode of the fourth series, which aired on 6 October , included a warning at the beginning: "This episode contains violent scenes that some viewers may find upsetting. The casting of Gary Carr drew critical accusations of political correctness in the media. The character of Ross was partially based on Leslie Hutchinson "Hutch" , a real-life s jazz singer who had an affair with a number of women in high society, among them Edwina Mountbatten. The first episode of Downton Abbey had a consolidated British audience of 9. The total audience for the first episode, including repeats and ITV Player viewings, exceeded This was beaten by the next episode, with a total audience of The second series averaged 5. The 5. Additionally, episodes of series two have been viewed 4. The fourth series premiered in the UK on 22 September with an average audience of 9. While Julian Fellowes supports a united Ireland , [90] there has been criticism of the stereotypical Irish characters used in the show, specifically the character of Tom Branson's brother, Kieran, portrayed as a rude and boorish drunk. The character of the Earl of Grantham occasionally expresses negative Catholic views and is described, by The Washington Post , as "xenophobic" but "at least historically accurate". Fellowes has said he tries to be as authentic in his depiction of the period as he can. In , Fellowes hired Alastair Bruce , an expert on state and court ritual, as historical adviser. That also involves getting the social conduct right, and giving actors a sense of surety in the way they deliver a performance. It is not a history programme, but a drama of social satire about a time when relationships, behaviour and hierarchy were very different from those we enjoy today. A "tremendous amount of research" went into recreating the servants' quarters at Ealing Studios because Highclere Castle , where many of the upstairs scenes are filmed, [] was not adequate for representing the "downstairs" life at the fictional manor house. Previously available on Netflix, since the series has been available on Amazon Video. On 16 September , two days before the UK premiere of the second series, it was reported by Amazon. A soundtrack, featuring music from the series and also new songs, was released by Decca in September Some of the fashion items worn by characters on the show have seen a strong revival of interest in the UK and elsewhere during the show's run, including starched collars , midi skirts , beaded gowns , and hunting plaids. The Equality Titles Bill was an unsuccessful piece of legislation introduced in the UK Parliament in that would have allowed equal succession of female heirs to hereditary titles and peerages. It was nicknamed the " Downton Abbey law" because it addressed the same issue that affects Lady Mary Crawley, who cannot inherit the estate because it must pass to a male heir.