For the current guys20in20 round I iconed Brendan Coyle.


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Time again for the TV Choice Awards!! Voting is through June 15 here

Downton is nominated in several categories:

* Best drama
* Best actor (Hugh Bonneville & Brendan Coyle)
* Best actress (Laura Carmichael & Joanne Froggatt)

Not sure if anybody else had seen this Daily Mail article (it was dated yesterday), but posting it here because it's a doozy.

( Highlights, from Brendan Coyle (OK, so it's basically the whole article, with one paragraph omitted) )

31 Downton Abbey
05 Sense & Sensibility (1995)
06 David Mitchell/Robert Webb + 01 Wallpaper
01 John Adams Wallpaper (Jefferson)

Teasers:

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ETA2.

* There's a long synopsis for episode 2 (set for 25 Oct @ 9-10.15pm) at the ITV press centre website, but I'm going to pretend it doesn't exist.

* HQ scans of Radio Times souvenir issue on tumblr

* High-res photo of the cast backstage @ BAFTA yesterday (via @DowntonAbbey on twitter)

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In addition to Phenomenon of Downton and Introducing Series 2, the ITV website now has five more behind-the-scenes interviews including set footage from S2, in which we're privy to some surprising interactions and presence both upstairs and downstairs. Thomas Howes had the best comment to that effect: There’s a lot of power struggles going on ( Read more... )

* Downton Abbey's the lead article for the Independent on Sunday:

Countdown to Downton: Your essential guide to the TV event of the year


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ETA. * Someone tweeted today she saw the S2 trailer on ITV3. So anyone in the UK and with a TV, be on the lookout. (I'm currently in a place w/o one for the next few days, so no chance of catching it let alone recording it.)

* Uploaded ITV clips to YouTube for those outside the UK:

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Press launch report from Channel 5's OK! TV. Interviewed Dan Stevens, Brendan Coyle and Joanne Froggatt, and there's also a brief S2 clip with Violet, Robert, Cora and Isobel at the beginning (but you probably saw it already). Outside the eye candy factor, very frustrating feature but that's par for the course with these shows.

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Another exclusive in the Daily Mail though nowhere near as substantial as last weekend's, and nothing earth-shattering if you kept up with the press. What's new:

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