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Downton Abbey returns! Michelle Dockery gets back into character as she joins Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern to film first scenes of third film... but there's no sign of the iconic stately home as they relocate to Yorkshire Showground


While the characters may have looked familiar, the setting was not. Throughout the series, Downton was filmed at Highclere Castle, a Grade I listed country house.

Other familiar faces on set were Jim Carter (Mr Carson); Rob James-Collier (Thomas Barrow); Sophie McShera (Daisy Mason) and Penelope Wilton (Isobel Crawley). Throughout the series, Downton was filmed at Highclere Castle, a Grade I listed country house in Newbury that instantly became a tourist trap as a result of the show's success. Throughout the series, Downton was filmed at Highclere Castle, a Grade I listed country house in Newbury that instantly became a tourist trap as a result of the show's success

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