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Downton Abbey is back! As filming begins on a new series a THIRD movie is also in the works after the first two films raked in a whopping £220million at the box office
The ITV drama series debuted in 2010 and ran until 2015, with the first of the two films being released in 2019.
The return of the show, which was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire and which covered the many societal changes and world events between 1912 and 1928, is expected to be on screen at the end of the year. Old episodes of Downton are well watched on the channel's streaming platform ITVX so TV insiders expect they will do what they can to stop it going to rivals such as Netflix or Amazon. The Mail on Sunday revealed last May that bosses were hoping to revive the series and in December creator Julian Fellowes did not rule out the return when asked if it would make a comeback.
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