Previously: Review: 'Downton Abbey' Season 5, Episode 1 Reveals Secrets, But Fails to Scandalize Upstairs Edith gets to spend more time with her illegitimate child -- how has Mrs. Drew not worked this out yet? -- and even gets her parents to agree that she can act as a sort of patron to the girl, if only on the grounds that she's never going to marry and have a child of her own so she may as well take comfort where she can. Mary, on the other hand, is more concerned about preventing children and sends Anna off to the chemist with a copy of Marie Stopes' "Married Love" and a request for some non-specified but era-appropriate contraception. Downstairs After last week's romp with Lady Anstruther, Jimmy leaves under a cloud and in at least five different patterns of tweed. He and Thomas have a touching goodbye, where Jimmy...
- 1/12/2015
- by Kaite Welsh
- Indiewire
The Village: BBC One, 9pm
Phoebe, the stationmaster's daughter, invites Bert to go to Hankin's new dancehall, providing a source of distraction from Martha.
Elsewhere, Marie Stopes's caravan arrives in the village - albeit a little too late to be of any help to Agnes - and Clem suggests to Edmund that he should marry.
Made in Chelsea NYC: E4, 9pm
With Binky piecing her life back together following her split from Alex, she's shocked when he flies into NYC to spend time with the gang.
Stevie and Spencer compete to win over Billie, while Rosie and Louise go on a double date with Alik and his friend Jules.
Family Guy: BBC Three, 10pm
In his quest to save Quahog's annual Christmas carnival from being cancelled, Peter transforms his father-in-law from a scrooge to a town hero.
Meanwhile, Stewie devises a plan to ensure he receives the gift he wants.
Phoebe, the stationmaster's daughter, invites Bert to go to Hankin's new dancehall, providing a source of distraction from Martha.
Elsewhere, Marie Stopes's caravan arrives in the village - albeit a little too late to be of any help to Agnes - and Clem suggests to Edmund that he should marry.
Made in Chelsea NYC: E4, 9pm
With Binky piecing her life back together following her split from Alex, she's shocked when he flies into NYC to spend time with the gang.
Stevie and Spencer compete to win over Billie, while Rosie and Louise go on a double date with Alik and his friend Jules.
Family Guy: BBC Three, 10pm
In his quest to save Quahog's annual Christmas carnival from being cancelled, Peter transforms his father-in-law from a scrooge to a town hero.
Meanwhile, Stewie devises a plan to ensure he receives the gift he wants.
- 8/15/2014
- Digital Spy
The Village has begun filming its upcoming second series in Derbyshire.
BBC One's drama will return for six more episodes later this year, with its second series taking place in 1923.
John Simm and Maxine Peake will return as John and Grace Middleton, while newcomer Tom Varey has joined the cast as their adult son Bert.
Julian Sands (24) has also signed up to play Lord Kilmarnock, while Waterloo Road's Phoebe Dynevor will play the station master's daughter Phoebe.
Also joining the cast are Ben Batt (Shameless) as landowner Alf Rutter, Derek Riddell (Ugly Betty) as Labour candidate Robin, Juliet Aubrey (The White Queen) as Marie Stopes advisor Joy Dangerfield, Daniel Ezra as boxer Ghana Jones, Alex Robertson as Robert Read and Andrew Gower (Being Human) as Bert's friend Gilbert Hankin.
Juliet Stevenson, Rupert Evans and Emily Beecham are among the cast members returning for the second series.
Full broadcasts dates...
BBC One's drama will return for six more episodes later this year, with its second series taking place in 1923.
John Simm and Maxine Peake will return as John and Grace Middleton, while newcomer Tom Varey has joined the cast as their adult son Bert.
Julian Sands (24) has also signed up to play Lord Kilmarnock, while Waterloo Road's Phoebe Dynevor will play the station master's daughter Phoebe.
Also joining the cast are Ben Batt (Shameless) as landowner Alf Rutter, Derek Riddell (Ugly Betty) as Labour candidate Robin, Juliet Aubrey (The White Queen) as Marie Stopes advisor Joy Dangerfield, Daniel Ezra as boxer Ghana Jones, Alex Robertson as Robert Read and Andrew Gower (Being Human) as Bert's friend Gilbert Hankin.
Juliet Stevenson, Rupert Evans and Emily Beecham are among the cast members returning for the second series.
Full broadcasts dates...
- 3/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Review Louisa Mellor 16 Oct 2013 - 19:44
Here's Louisa's take on this week's Downton Abbey...
This review contains spoilers.
Known for letting the odd anachronism slip through Downton’s net (“Screw you losers, I’m outtie” declared Daisy memorably at the village egg raffle in series two), creator Julian Fellowes went so far as to theme this week’s episode around the recently coined term ‘slut-shaming’. Mrs Hughes slut-shamed Edna for interfering with poor Branson, Daisy slut-shamed Ivy for being too fast with Jimmy, and Lady Rosamund slut-shamed Edith for finally getting her end away in her London love pad.
The men of course, remained unchastened for their part in proceedings. Jimmy, with his hedonistic fringe falling so rakishly over his forehead this week it very nearly achieved sentience and its own spin-off, wasn’t at fault for kissing Ivy. Nor was Edith’s beau for causing her to do the...
Here's Louisa's take on this week's Downton Abbey...
This review contains spoilers.
Known for letting the odd anachronism slip through Downton’s net (“Screw you losers, I’m outtie” declared Daisy memorably at the village egg raffle in series two), creator Julian Fellowes went so far as to theme this week’s episode around the recently coined term ‘slut-shaming’. Mrs Hughes slut-shamed Edna for interfering with poor Branson, Daisy slut-shamed Ivy for being too fast with Jimmy, and Lady Rosamund slut-shamed Edith for finally getting her end away in her London love pad.
The men of course, remained unchastened for their part in proceedings. Jimmy, with his hedonistic fringe falling so rakishly over his forehead this week it very nearly achieved sentience and its own spin-off, wasn’t at fault for kissing Ivy. Nor was Edith’s beau for causing her to do the...
- 10/16/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The 78-year-old Britsh actor, whose 1957 film Woman in a Dressing Gown is being re-released, talks about her rebellious past, why she's not dame material – and what she'd love to do next
Sylvia Syms sits in her lovely flat in west London explaining how she avoided being treated as a piece of meat in the 1950s. There was an "assumption that because you were blond and an actress, you were available," she says. Determined not to be "pretty, available and treated like shit", she took inspiration from Dame Sybil Thorndike.
"I thought, that's what I want," says Syms, who seems to have worked with every British screen legend – from Dirk Bogarde to Michael Caine – during her seven decades in film, TV and theatre. "I want to go on working when I'm an old lady and have that kind of jolliness and respect, which she had. She was just incredible."
Syms turns on me like a hawk.
Sylvia Syms sits in her lovely flat in west London explaining how she avoided being treated as a piece of meat in the 1950s. There was an "assumption that because you were blond and an actress, you were available," she says. Determined not to be "pretty, available and treated like shit", she took inspiration from Dame Sybil Thorndike.
"I thought, that's what I want," says Syms, who seems to have worked with every British screen legend – from Dirk Bogarde to Michael Caine – during her seven decades in film, TV and theatre. "I want to go on working when I'm an old lady and have that kind of jolliness and respect, which she had. She was just incredible."
Syms turns on me like a hawk.
- 7/20/2012
- by Patrick Barkham
- The Guardian - Film News
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