Period drama

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  George Clooney 'to make appearance in Downton Abbey'

  11 Sep 2014:

  Sources suggest Hollywood star will play American guest in a one-off sketch to raise money in a charity fundraiser

• Downton Abbey Britain: an era of silver spoons and poor doors

  8 Sep 2014: Britain is becoming a “Downton Abbey-style society”, according to the TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady. The row is a compelling drama

• Dan Stevens Q&A – as it happened

  1 Sep 2014: You may know him as ever-so-nice Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey – but he’s turned into an all-American badass for new film The Guest. Dan Stevens answered readers questions
  No more Mr Nice Guy: Viv Groskop’s recent interview

• Downton Abbey series five trailer: bad secrets and scandalous suggestions

  1 Sep 2014: Trailerwatch: First official trailer for fifth series of the historical smash welcomes Richard E Grant and Anna Chancellor to the cast, and reveals a new zinger from the Dowager Countess

• Sherlock, Downton Abbey: what the US can learn from our TV exports

  31 Aug 2014: Neil Midgley: As Benedict Cumberbatch’s detective scoops seven Emmys, what is the secret of successful UK drama?

• Dan Stevens: no more Mr Nice Guy

  30 Aug 2014:

  It's two years since Dan Stevens took the plunge and left the lords and ladies of Downton. He tells Viv Groskop how Hollywood toughened him up

• BBC1 adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover to feature Games of Thrones star

  22 Aug 2014: Edinburgh TV festival: Richard Madden lined up for Jed Mercurio-directed drama, which will air as one of a series of 20th century literature adaptations

• Downton Abbey series five faces fresh dilemmas of roaring 20s

  14 Aug 2014:

  A Labour government, changes in sexual mores and the decline of the aristocracy will test characters both upstairs and down

• Downton Abbey in hot water over bottle blooper

  14 Aug 2014: Launch of fifth series of ITV period drama, set in 1924, upstaged by modern flagon of H20 in promo photo spotted by fan

• Downton Abbey fans offered chance to bid for night at Highclere Castle

  1 Aug 2014:

  Taste of Crawley family life under hammer in auction coinciding with first world war centenary and in aid of armed forces charities

• Downton Abbey gets flabby: stars told to cut down on snacking

  11 Jul 2014: Media Monkey: ITV costume drama's creator Julian Fellowes says actors are 'addicted' to egg sandwiches and have been told to slim down

• Downton Abbey provides an upturn for the books

  28 May 2014: Media Monkey: The ITV drama has given a financial boost to the people of a village in Oxfordshire

• Vanessa Redgrave gets on-screen role in Call the Midwife

  19 May 2014: Actor will appear in Christmas episode having voiced narrator character Jennifer Worth for three series

• BBC's Jamaica Inn: mumbling actors are not a classy act

  28 Apr 2014: Media Monkey: To the Manor Born star Penelope Keith says actors who don't speak clearly should have to do Oscar Wilde plays on stage

• BBC's Jamaica Inn: complaints over 'mumbling' hit nearly 1,400

  24 Apr 2014: Sound issues continue to prompt flood of complaints as new figures show drama lost 2 million viewers over its three-part run. By John Plunkett

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