Downton Abbey was *the* show for DD and I for years. I first started watching it because it had Maggie Smith in it. I recognized her from the Harry Potter movies and stopped to watch the show on the first episode. By the time Theo James' character died, we were hooked! On the night of the garden party when WWI started, DS came running upstairs to announce the news about Bin Laden's death. We shushed him and ran him out of the room because we couldn't miss one word of that episode. We've seen (and own the DVDs) from the series and movies. We haven't had the chance to see the new movie yet, but I'm sure we'll see it.