Downton Abbey

[woofmarkthedog]

Is this a new "Farrow & Ball" colour ?

W**F

[red devil]

Don't be daft Woofty, it's a cheeeeese...stupid boy!

[giggirl]

No, right you are Woof, I've got a litre on order for my back parlour. It's Magnolia, but you can't use that word any more can you (or people think you're down-market)?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Call it Magdala and say it's retro.

[karter]

Mister Bates really should not have thrown his leg strap into the river you know.

[woofmarkthedog]

I love & loathe it...

Its interiors are spot on, the decorating is like a page from World of Interiors, the colouring & filming are bloomin marvelous too

I just wish it wasn't sooooooo slick, I like a wobbly set or an out of period font here & there but so far I've not spotted anything untoward ( yet )

The plots & story lines are like a period Eastenders mixed with Monarch of the Glen ( or Piloc of the Glen as it was known in our house ) & I can't help laughing at Maggie Smith & her fantasticly over the top characterisation

ITV have spent a fortune making this & shows

It's also bedding in nicely on a Sunday night at Woof Towers

* ding ding *

"Must go, dinner is served"

[LadyTaTa]

There I was, watching it every Sunday thinking it was pleasantly tedious, but after last night's episode still haven't recovered from seeing the most fiendishly attractive man on TV (the Turkish whatever he was). Simply dee-licious.

[Narnia]

I just watched an episode of this (sky plussed) and enjoyed it (on ITV)! Has it been going a while or was that the first one?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Twas the third episode last night.

[woofmarkthedog]

"Eggshell or emulsion ? " http://www.itv.com/dramapremieres/downtonabbey/c8f55fa5-5dbf-4b95-8816-adec72bee571/PreviewFile.jpg.ashx?q=90&v=1&w=186 "Eggshell, I think ? "

[Narnia]

Woof........ITV, adverts, BBC no adverts. It's as clear as the difference between eggshell and emulsion.

[DJKillaQueen]

I think it's 'absolutely smashing' when I'm upstairs and a 'bit of alright' when I'm downstairs.......oh hang on...I don't have stairs.....

I love it...and esp. Maggie Smith's ham performance......a Gosford Park for eastenders :))

[SimonM]

It's set in Yorkshire I think? So more of a Gosford/Emmerdale hybrid than anyfink from East Lunnon. I do find poor Liam from "Coronation Street" as a gay footman a bit hard to swallow though, and Lady Jane from "Lovejoy" should be "Upstairs" surely??

[Cassius]

Lady Jane from "Lovejoy" should be "Upstairs" surely??

Thanks for that - I couldn't remember where I has seen her before.

[Ridgley]

It is a very good, period drama I would also like to see if they will develop some of the below stairs characters as in the last episode when one of the maids wanted to become a secretary. It will be good to see how this goes further as domestic services was a life of drudgery in that time period for the working classes.

[DJKillaQueen]

It's back on Sunday - anyone as excited as I am?

[Annette Curtain]

Yes

Me(tu)

[zeban]

Me too!!

[2degreesfrommadness]

Excitement abounds in this household too - oh and we're looking forward to Downtown Abbey!

[DJKillaQueen]

My money is on the gay butler Thomas (who thought joining the medical corps would spare him any front line horror) finding himself in a front line trench with one of the sons, Mathew Crawley would be about right, and then saves his life in no man's land. Earl Robert, Matt's dad, is so thankful he promotes Thomas to Valet on his return - the position he's always wanted which rubs up the servants no end, esp Mr. Carson (who Thomas had tried to set up for theft)........shall I stop there? lol....

[Annette Curtain]

I do reckon there'll be a room/hall/door which will be painted in...

http://www.farrow-ball.com/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/100214/medium/100214.jpg or http://www.farrow-ball.com/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/100251/medium/100251.jpg or http://www.farrow-ball.com/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/100085/medium/100085.jpg or even http://www.farrow-ball.com/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/100246/medium/100246.jpg

[DJKillaQueen]

What about wallpaper nette?

[Annette Curtain]

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> What about wallpaper nette?

No

This season will be all about block colours.

* flicks hair *

[maxxi]

Downton Abbey? Really? Oh well, I suppose this is meant in a 'guilty pleasures' kind of a way.

I may record it and skip through to scenes with Maggie Smith in but otherwise I shall be tuning in to the last series of Spooks (I prefer the preposterous to the pompous). Now THERE the (wipe-clean) wallpaper will all be double sided and the colours constantly shifting...

[bonniebird]

Ooo I can't wait, I love it (tu)