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Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton launch the Breathe Magic 10 x 10 Challenge

@DowntonAbbey You could own this fabulous limited edition leather bound Downton Abbey movie script signed by members of the cast, donated for sale by @bonhams1793 in aid of @bafta charitable activity. Visit: http://bit.ly/DAxBAFTA for more information!

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From Bonhams

DOWNTON ABBEY (THE MOVIE): A SIGNED AND BOUND PRESENTATION SCRIPT,Carnival Films, 2019, no.13/30, approx 113 pp of mimeographed typescript, the title page signed by Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, and various members of the cast in blue and black inks including; Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Imelda Staunton, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle, Douglas Reith, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael C. Fox, Maggie Smith, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, David Haig, Phyllis Logan, Simon Jones, Penelope Wilton, Tuppence Middleton, Allen Leech, Geraldine James, among others; bound in navy blue leatherette embossed with the Downton Abbey logo and title in gold Footnotes

Let’s remember these .... and now let’s concentrate on DA Movie No2 !!! 😜🤣

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“Doctor Doctor, gimme the news, I got a bad case of lovin’ you!”

Jim Carter on Skavlan in 2014.

Why ??? Because it’s Wednesday !!!

A second Downton Abbey movie is in development, according to Carson actor Jim Carter.

Carter appeared on This Morning to discuss the show’s 10th anniversary when he lit slip details about the long-rumoured sequel, hinting that the script had already been written.

Carter told host Holly Willoughby: “If you promise not to tell anyone, I’ll let you know that we’ve seen a script… The script for a second film is there. We’ve seen it, it’s very funny!

“It’s got all the same characters in, all the regular characters, and I think the will is – COVID willing – we’ll film it next year. I don’t know if I can trust Phillip to keep this secret, but Holly, I know I can trust you!”

Co-host Phillip Schofield then tried to pry more details from Carter, pointing out how Dame Maggie Smith’s character Violet revealed she was ill in the last film. However, Carter would not be swayed, replying: “I’m not going to give anything away about plot lines!”

Carter played Downton Abbey’s iconic butler Carson on all six series of the period drama, and returned for the 2019 film along with real-life wife Imelda Staunton.

Carter’s appearance on This Morning coincided with the 10th anniversary of the series, which was first broadcast on 26th September 2010.

“It’s amazing. Does it feel like 10 years? It [does] seem like an age ago,” said Carter. “And I looked down on my bookshelves and I found this – a bound script of the first edition of the first script of Downton Abbey. And I had a little wave of nostalgia.”

It’s hard to imagine anyone else as the forever dutiful butler Carson, but Carter also reflected on how he had to try out for the part like everyone else.

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Jim Carter on Downton Abbey movie sequel, ITV This Morning

“He’s looking fabulous because he’s let his hair grow and a beard. He sort of looks like Robinson Crusoe crossed with I don’t know who, but he’s looking pretty damn good,” the actress (Imelda Staunton) said of the Downton Abbey star.

Married through the years