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Downton Abbey

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    #812
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,931 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Yeah, I was clutching at straws. I'd be surprised if the story really does go in that direction.

    It would be a great twist though :)


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    #813
    SarahBM
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    would Bates have had enough time to get from York to London and back? I doubt it .


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    #814
    Orielle
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    The thing is...Did he really go to York? We didn't see him there...did we ?


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    #815
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    If he did go to London then York was only a cover to get the day off from Carson.


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    #816
    SarahBM
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    If he did go to London then York was only a cover to get the day off from Carson.

    But remember public transport wasnt exactly wonderful back then. I dont think he would have had the time? would he?


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    #817
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    SarahBM wrote: »
    But remember public transport wasnt exactly wonderful back then. I dont think he would have had the time? would he?

    Not to go to York then London, but if he went to London he didn't actually go to York. He could easily have gotten the train to London and back in the day, they've done it before.


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    #818
    Teyla Emmagan
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    According to the map of England I've just consulted, if Downton is in Yorkshire, and therefore near York, it's about a million miles from London. In fact, I don't know how they keep going up and down in a day, like they do in the series. York is further from London than Belfast is from Wexford.


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    #819
    KerranJast
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    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    According to the map of England I've just consulted, if Downton is in Yorkshire, and therefore near York, it's about a million miles from London. In fact, I don't know how they keep going up and down in a day, like they do in the series. York is further from London than Belfast is from Wexford.
    But sure they had HS2 and hyperloop back then but that dastardly Mr Hitler made them turn it into Spitfires and all that, the rascal :P


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    #820
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    According to the map of England I've just consulted, if Downton is in Yorkshire, and therefore near York, it's about a million miles from London. In fact, I don't know how they keep going up and down in a day, like they do in the series. York is further from London than Belfast is from Wexford.

    They frequently mention Ripon on the show so I assume they're near it. It's 220 miles from Ripon to London.


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    #821
    Duck Soup
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    Keep an eye out in 2015 (yeah, yeah, I know...) for the latest version of Cinderella from Disney.

    Cinderella will be played by Downton's own Lady Rose, Lily James.

    http://www.justjaredjr.com/2013/09/23/lily-james-first-look-at-cinderella/

    And one of the Ugly Sisters in the movie - although I'm guessing we are encouraged these days to refer to them simply as the stepsisters - is played by Sophie McShera, who plays Daisy in Downton Abbey.

    http://www.justjaredjr.com/2013/06/26/sophie-mcshera-joins-the-cast-of-cinderella/


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    #822
    _Whimsical_
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    Duck Soup wrote: »
    And one of the Ugly Sisters in the movie - although I'm guessing we are encouraged these days to refer to them simply as the stepsisters - is played by Sophie McShera, who plays Daisy in Downton Abbey.

    http://www.justjaredjr.com/2013/06/26/sophie-mcshera-joins-the-cast-of-cinderella/

    Poor Daisy never catches a break.


    Guilted into marrying a dying man she didn't fancy, loving someone who loves someone else and now this...


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    #823
    Grid.
    Registered Users, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    Would Bates have paid someone (an ex-con) to do it perhaps??


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    #824
    SarahBM
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    Grid. wrote: »
    Would Bates have paid someone (an ex-con) to do it perhaps??

    That's what I was thinking, he is the kind of guy people owe favours to. So I was thinking maybe he telephoned one of his ex prison buddies to take out the despicable Mr Greene. But I do like the Anna theory


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    Orielle
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    Grid. wrote: »
    Would Bates have paid someone (an ex-con) to do it perhaps??

    If he did pay an ex prison mate, to do the deed. Wouldn't he have stayed at Downton all day
    so there would be plenty of witnesses, to see him... and to establish an alibi :


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    #826
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Plus how would he have been sure the prison mate would get the right guy? He can't link him to his Facebook or tell him he looks like Dennis off Eastenders.


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    #827
    _Whimsical_
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Plus how would he have been sure the prison mate would get the right guy? He can't link him to his Facebook or tell him he looks like Dennis off Eastenders.

    AND it'd have to be some good friend who'd be willing to kill someone so publicly and risk being seen. As Anna keeps telling us a crime of that nature would get you hung.


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    #828
    Radio5
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    Very patchy episodes with some scenes looking rushed and longer ones for less important topics.

    Green's death might have been a genuine accident or it may have been Anna but like a lot of this series you get the feeling that the big action is being saved for the Christmas ep.

    I getting confused between all of Mary's merry men.

    Wouldn't Edith need to get herself off to Switzerland soon before her pregnancy becomes noticeable?

    I like Isobel's new man. Hope it goes somewhere.


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    #829
    sok2005
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    Mary's men are looking far too similar! Charles Blake and Lord Gillingham are like mirror images of each other!


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    #830
    lindascribbler
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    Can't believe I've just checked UPC recorder and Downton not recorded:eek:
    Any clues on how I might see episode 8? I've just tried to download Netflix but Downton isn't on it...
    Any help greatly appreciated


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    #831
    SarahBM
    Registered Users Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭SarahBM


    UPC sucks
    try tv3 player or ITV player?? not sure if you can watch episodes back on those!


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    #832
    lindascribbler
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    SarahBM wrote: »
    UPC sucks
    try tv3 player or ITV player?? not sure if you can watch episodes back on those!

    Doesn't seem to be a TV3 player on the UPC on demand.. & I tried to register for ITV player but was told I was "outside region"...
    I don't think either channel repeat Downton any night so it looks as I will have to do without:mad:
    Thanks Sarah anyway


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    #833
    SarahBM
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    Downton repeats on Sunday at 4:05 on UTV.


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    bren2001
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    lindascribbler wrote: »
    Doesn't seem to be a TV3 player on the UPC on demand.. & I tried to register for ITV player but was told I was "outside region"...
    I don't think either channel repeat Downton any night so it looks as I will have to do without:mad:
    Thanks Sarah anyway

    You could watch it on the laptop. Plenty of places online to watch it.


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    #835
    lindascribbler
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    SarahBM wrote: »
    Downton repeats on Sunday at 4:05 on UTV.

    Well so it does!

    Thanks so much Sarah, will get my fix after all:P


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    #836
    SarahBM
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    One is glad to be of service! :D


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    #837
    the_monkey
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    Is that Wentworth Miller in the show ?

    He's uncredited if he is...


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    #838
    brian_t
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    the_monkey wrote: »
    Is that Wentworth Miller in the show ?

    He's uncredited if he is...

    Who do you think he is playing ?


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    #839
    the_monkey
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    brian_t wrote: »
    Who do you think he is playing ?

    Sorry my mistake, I thought he was playing the Valet who attacked Anna
    It's Dennis from Eastenders ....


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    #840
    Merkin
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    Oooh I cannot wait for the Christmas special. :) Does anyone think Lady Edith's squeeze is going to make a return or has he done a runner?


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    #841
    syklops
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    Merkin wrote: »
    Oooh I cannot wait for the Christmas special. :) Does anyone think Lady Edith's squeeze is going to make a return or has he done a runner?

    Id be surprised if he gets only a mention. What year are we upto? Mid-twenties? Perhaps a mention of Hitler too?


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