Sunday’s TV pick: Downton Abbey

Edward III then gifted it to his mother Isabella as part of her dower.

“When we started this, it was ours and it was so special”, recalled Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary. We’re now in 1925, and it’s clearly evident that the old way can’t continue, at least not in the way it always has.

With the Abbey facing an uncertain future as times change and move on, will the Crawley family learn to adapt to what’s ahead?

But Robert was certainly in the right frame of mind to take on Mary’s blackmailer as he sent the pertinent Miss Bevan away with the measly sum of £50 and a written confession she wouldn’t reveal Mary’s secret to the papers or he would get the police involved.

The last royal owner was the Queen Consort Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I. He forgives her for her latest scandal. “I thought I’d mend it before things got busy”.

But this brings us back to the changing of the guard. Anna had also suffered another miscarriage, which leaves her upset and grieving.

“They are perfectly cast I think and was a pleasure to play scenes with them”.

Throughout the journey, players can find and return missing items to their rightful owners, earning the trust of the estate’s residents and unlocking new areas to advance the story. Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) is getting stuck into her role as the new editor of a magazine but is being challenged by a male employee who cannot quite adjust to have a female boss.

“I’ve had some commissions in my time.”

“I’m not taking any sort of tone.” It’s Julian. It’s got to come from him – it’s if he decides to write the film. And can the Dowager Countess ever manage to hold her rather sharp tongue?

What do you think the show’s legacy will turn out to be?

Fans of Froggatt’s character Anna, who has been through her fair share of tragedy on the show, including a sexual assault, will be happy to see her smiling in the trailer for the final season, which also hints at a bunch of potential new romances. Sure, she’s not going to, but Denker doesn’t know that, and Violet doesn’t understand that fear.

The end of the last series saw Mrs Hughes (Phyllis Logan) finally engaged to Mr Carson, but Mrs Patmore (Lesley Nicol) noticed something wrong, and determined to find out why.

Yes, she is never short of a suitor or two!

She said: “I’m ready to put Cora to bed for a while, I really am”. That alone was poignant enough to be a highlight for the episode, but its poignancy is magnified by Carson’s dejected attitude afterwards, as though he expects this to mean that Hughes will call off the engagement. “The Ritz was a very fitting moment to wind the series up”.