Downton Abbey

Radio Times just arrived; three page spread on Bates.......................he won't say if he'll be released, but as they feature him I reckon he's here for a few more weeks!

I'm loving it, very good death scene, poor Sybil, the nicest of the sisters. What about Bates, did he do it after all?

"nothing" duh!

I wonder if in those days there was nithing they could do?

I've just watched it on SkyPlus....I more or less knew what to expect from an 'OMG Poor Lady Sybil' post on Facebook.....which annoyed me, but that would be a whole other thread
It was all very well acted apart from the 2 medics who stood like lemons at the end of the bed and made no move towards a clearly distressed and dying patient. Not very convoncing.

I must also confess that I shed a tear or two - I didn't know that was going to happen.

Oh merlot I thought that too It was very good last night, I had a weep but it was an enjoyable weep!

And she'd better make sure her breakfast tray isn't skew whiff in future. I thought her teapot was going to slide off like the grand piano on the Titanic.

Poor Sybil We all know about pre-eclampsia (I was induced with first baby because of it) but I had never given any thought to eclampsia. I was quite shocked, but as Tim Pigott-Smith never gets to play goodies, I knew something was going to happen as soon as he appeared on the scene. So poor old Lord G, I don't think his wife will forgive him.

I used to find stale biscuits behind DD's chest of drawers.....

Looked like an old bit of toast - I used to find them in DS's bed when he was he was about 10!

Whatever it was was wrapped in what looked like a bit of old sacking...

Was it a blade? It looked like an old cigar to me!

Mamie

Isn't it strange to say I enjoyed it too, when someone died . As you say poor Sybil and good acting.

When the prisoner he shares a cell with tried to plant a blade in his mattress and the search found nothing, didn't he take the blade from between the brickwork and put it back there? Or am I wrong and it's his wifes letters.

No Sherlocks are we?

Oh dear, poor Sybil. Actually a better episode last night, I thought with some good acting, especially Maggie Smith. What will happen now?
BTW what was it in Bates's mattress?

annodomini You are not alone. I watched the first episode of the first series and found it ridiculous, full of anachronisms and inaccuracies and a poor production, so I haven't watched any of it since.

Enjoying it so far but fear it may coincide with Homeland which returns shortly!
Then there's always one to record, and there are so many new Autumn progs beginning to appear, we have the problem which to watch next and when!......

Yes, still watching, but don't think this series is as good. Disappointed with Shirley McClaines character.

Something I saw in the Telegraph Birthdays Sept 27th. Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zita Jones have the same birthday with a 25 year gap....it made me think of Lady Edith in DA who has not fared too well up to now. I think by her marriage to Sir Anthony Strallan she could, in the end, fare better than her two sisters....How many of you are still watching DA?

Thanks, granny23 - and I was watching the film yesterday!

A friend of mine is a make-up artist on the series, she had a wonderful time despite having to get up at the crack of dawn six and often seven days a week! What a great way to earn a living!

It's not real history but I love it!

Of course!

David Copperfield, Greatnan