Gareth Neame,executive producer, on Lady Mary’s love life, or quitting while ahead,his unique Saxon drama, The final Kingdom – and Downton, and the movieThis week sees the start of the long goodbye to global phenomenon Downton Abbey,with journalists invited to consume a peek at the first episode of the final sixth series, as ITV gears up to broadcast it this autumn.
For Gareth Neame, or the executive producer who thought up the idea and pitched it to “a cautious” Julian,now Lord, Fellowes over dinner in 2007, or it is a moment of “bittersweet emotions … It’s going to be a very,very different life without Downton”.
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Source: theguardian.com