Masterpiece Classic | Downton Abbey & Upstairs Downstairs (coming in April to PBS)

Masterpiece Classic | Downton Abbey & Upstairs Downstairs (coming in April to PBS) Video Clips. Duration : 0.52 Mins.

www.pbs.org You loved Masterpiece Classic's Downton Abbey --which you can watch until 2/22 at www.pbs.org Coming this April, Masterpiece brings you return of Upstairs Downstairs. It's 1936, and sweeping away the cobwebs from the most famous address in Masterpiece history, a new couple moves into 165 Eaton Place. Thus resumes the romantic, moving and epic story of Upstairs Downstairs, more than three decades after its last episode on PBS. With a script by acclaimed screenwriter Heidi Thomas (Cranford), the stellar cast of Upstairs Downstairs includes the original series creators Eileen Atkins (Cranford) and Jean Marsh (Sense and Sensibility) along with Claire Foy (Little Dorrit) and Art Malik (The Jewel In The Crown) among others. Lavishly produced, beautifully acted, and eagerly awaited by millions of fans, Upstairs Downstairs is one of the jewels in the crown of Masterpiece's 40th season. Learn more at www.pbs.org

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LADY ALMINA AND THE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY: UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS

LADY ALMINA AND THE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY: UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS Video Clips. Duration : 1.13 Mins.

This is the remarkable story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for TV's Downton Abbey. Find out about life upstairs and downstairs. Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle - the setting of the hit series Downton Abbey - eight years ago. In that time she's become fascinated by the rich history of Highclere, and by the extraordinary people who lived there over the centuries. One person particularly captured Fiona's imagination - Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Almina was the illegitimate daughter of banking tycoon Alfred de Rothschild. She was his only daughter and he doted on her. She married the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, at 19, with an enormous dowry. At first, life at Highclere was a dizzying mix of sumptuous banquets for 500 and even the occasional royal visitor. Almina oversaw 80 members of staff - many of whom came from families who had worked at Highclere for generations. But when the First World War broke out, life at Highclere changed forever. History intervened and Almina and the staff of Highclere were thrown into one of the most turbulent times of the last century. Almina was forced to draw on her deepest reserves of courage in order to ensure her family, the staff and the castle survived. This is the remarkable story of a lost time. But Highclere remains and in this book, Fiona weaves Almina's journey and those of her family into the heritage and history of one of England's most exquisite Victorian castles. Lady Almina and the ...

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Julian Fellowes' upstairs tour of Downton Abbey set.

Julian Fellowes' upstairs tour of Downton Abbey set. Tube. Duration : 3.95 Mins.

Julian Fellowes gives an upstairs tour of Downton Abbey set. STV.TV

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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey - Upstairs and Downstairs

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey - Upstairs and Downstairs Tube. Duration : 1.13 Mins.

The remarkable story behind the real Downton Abbey. Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle - the setting of the hit series Downton Abbey - eight years ago. In that time she's become fascinated by the rich history of Highclere, and by the extraordinary people who lived there over the centuries. One person particularly captured Fiona's imagination - Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Almina was the illegitimate daughter of banking tycoon Alfred de Rothschild. She was his only daughter and he doted on her. She married George, the Earl of Carnarvon, at 19 with an enormous dowry. At first, life at Highclere was a dizzying mix of sumptuous banquets for 500 and even the occasional royal visitor. Almina oversaw 80 members of staff - many of whom came from families who had worked at Highclere for generations. But when the First World War broke out, life at Highclere changed forever. History intervened and Almina and the staff of Highclere were thrown into one of the most turbulent times of the last century. Almina was forced to draw on her deepest reserves of courage in order to ensure her family, the staff and the castle survived. This is the remarkable story of a lost time. But Highclere remains and in this book, Fiona weaves Almina's journey into the heritage and history of one of England's most exquisite Victorian castles.

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