Posted on 05/20/2016 8:39:13 AM PDT by C19fan
Downton Abbey just finished its six-season run two months ago, but if you have been fiending for British accents, period costumes, poorly managed hereditary estates, class tensions, love stories revolving around a young woman named Mary, and the nostalgic eye of Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, here comes Julian Fellowes Presents Doctor Thorne. The miniseries, adapted from an Anthony Trollope novel, arrives on Amazon on Friday, having aired earlier this year in the U.K. under the simple title Doctor Thorne. For its move to America, the show has put on airs. These airs reflect Amazons ambitions, ones that will perhaps last only for the duration of this series, to challenge PBSs Masterpiece Theatre. In a rumble between Masterpiece Theatre and one Amazon costume drama perhaps a lone cravat would be mussed, but Amazons usurper intentions, however fitfully meant, are a more interesting illustration of the relentlessness of changean obsession of Fellowesthan Doctor Thorne, a perfectly serviceable, occasionally adorable, utterly predictable period drama.
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Prince Harry is looking more and more like Mark Steyn.
PBS discovers the soap opera...
“Looks like a winner to me. The wifey will love it. “
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So will I.:-)
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How I loved and miss ‘Downton Abby’- and ‘Mr. Selfridge’.
‘Masterpiece Classics’ are the best.
I have it in my AmazonPrime queue, but I haven’t watched it yet.
I think stuff like this, you either love it or can’t stand it.
I'm not impressed by Selfridge but Downton was outstanding.However,I think in terms of quality of acting and writing Upstairs/Downstairs was better despite their paltry budget resulting in sets,etc being a bit "drab".
Never watched ‘Upstairs,Downstairs’. Only discovered Masterpiece Classics when I began to hear so much about ‘Downton Abby’
As for ‘Selfridge’, I guess I liked it so because of Jeremy Piven, whom I loved on that HBO series..forgot the name- something ‘Posse’?
Oooo I will love it.
Love period costume dramas and the architecture.
Loved, loved, loved the clothes in Downton Abbey, even if the story got a bit old after awhile.
I love Doc Martin. Selfridge, having hard time getting into and no replacement for Downton Abbey.
OK...FYI...if you liked Downton (which I *certainly* did) you'll love Upstairs/Downtairs.But be warned,it features about 50 episodes so be prepared to spend some time in front of the TV.And fear not,it's popular enough so that any public library worth its name would have all the DVDs so you need not buy anything.
Thanks. I’ve heard a lot of complimentary things about ‘Upstairs Downstairs’. Think I’ll try watching.
‘Entourage’ is the HBO show I was trying to think of where I learned to love Jeremy Piven. (Star of ‘Mr. Selfridge.’)
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