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Downton Abbey

bright.ton42 — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 06:56:38 GMT

Starts on 7 at 9pm for those who didn't know ....I only came across it by chance.

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imastawka — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:03:02 GMT

Great. Thanks for the heads up. Have put it in my planner to record.

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debra9275 — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:24:08 GMT

gee thanks Bright I had no idea. Would hate to miss that

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flashie* — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:32:00 GMT

Downton Abbey ..............Broadchurch...................which one should I watch.........

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lyndal1838 — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:32:02 GMT

Well worth watching. I bought the series from the UK before Christmas and just had to watch it...from start to finish in one day. lol

Have just received the Christmas special so will watch it tomorrow.

It has been renewed for a sixth season.

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lyndal1838 — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:33:34 GMT

@flashie* wrote:
Downton Abbey ..............Broadchurch...................which one should I watch.........

Can't you record one of them flashie?

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azureline** — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:13:27 GMT

I watched it but can someone tell me what is going on with Edith? how did her child get to be living with the fireman?

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electric*mayhem*band — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:35:15 GMT

@flashie* wrote:
Downton Abbey ..............Broadchurch...................which one should I watch.........

Sick to death of ITV advertising 'Broadchurch' every 15 minutes. Thankfully it's the final episode tomorrow (Monday).

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cherry*135 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:21:20 GMT

Edith

Edith was supposed to leave the child in Europe, but she couldn't bear to do it. So she asked the local family to take her, so she could visit and still see her. Edith said the child's mother had died or something like that. The father in that family knows more about the child than the mother does. I have seen the current series already. I think this info was from last years series.

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lyndal1838 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 01:47:01 GMT

You are right am.....the child went to the farmer (who was also the volunteer fireman) and his wife towrds the end of the last series.

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azureline** — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 05:34:48 GMT

I must not have watched the last few episodes last season.

Thank you!

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kopenhagen5 — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:18:11 GMT

Downton Abbey, such a splendid place.

Loved tonight's show.

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lyndal1838 — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:17:59 GMT

I always love Downton Abbey but I was a bit disappointed in the final episode.

It seemed to me to be very hastily contrived to tie up all the loose ends and give a happy ending for everyone.

Most of the storylines could have been expanded to take up another 2 or 3 episodes.

Having said that, it is not going to stop me watching the DVDs from series one again.

One fascinating little snippet...when Edith mentioned the year she was born it made her the same age as my grandmother. It was interesting to see some of the clothing that Edith wore in the series could have come straight from my grandmother's photo album

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givemeaspell — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:59:47 GMT

it was very predicatble wasn't it? wont spoil it for anyone else but you could pretty much pick what was going to happen from the onset. Have loved this show though and sad it's ended, loved all the characters, just a really enjoyable show. Need to find something else now!

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debra9275 — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:20:02 GMT

I didn't mind the happy ending Lyndal and like you I really enjoyed the costumes etc of the earlier shows. Maggie Smith was magnificent in her role I thought

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lyndal1838 — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 01:31:05 GMT

I did not mind the happy ending at all but I just thought it was all too rushed and somehow did not fit in with the slower pace of the show in general.

I was very glad to see that Maggie Smith got the last word though....somehow it was very fitting.

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kopenhagen5 — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 01:58:01 GMT

I agree, it seemed rushed together.

If you haven't seen it, take a look at Ladies in Lavender. Great movie.

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bright.ton42 — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 04:34:47 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
I agree, it seemed rushed together.

If you haven't seen it, take a look at Ladies in Lavender. Great movie.

Is it on TV? The name rings a bell.

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kopenhagen5 — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:41:33 GMT

It was a movie that came out ages ago but is a very nice movie with a different story than what we are used to.

With Maggie Smith and Judy Dench.

I mentioned it as Lyndal seems to like Maggie Smith as an actor.

Probably need to find the DVD or is prob avail on paid TV.

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LKGIPn0FI

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bright.ton42 — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:33:51 GMT

Thanks kopes, it looks like a tearjerker.....