The highly anticipated sequel to 2019’s film has arrived, with creator and writer of the Downton Abbey TV series Julian Fellowes returning to pen the next instalment – Downton Abbey: A New Era.

The movie begins with Tom (Allen Leech) and Lucy (Tuppence Middleton) getting married after their chance meeting in the first film – together with an intrguing mystery.
 

Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith), inherits a villa in the South of France from an old flame she had a week-long romance with – but who is he, her family wants to know? And why did he leave the villa to her after such a short dalliance?

She leaves it all up to their imagination, until Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), Robert (Hugh Bonneville), Mr Carson (Jim Carter), Edith (Laura Carmichael) and her husband Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton) travel to France to meet the man’s son (Jonathan Zaccaï).

Mary (Michelle Dockery) stays behind to keep an eye on a film crew that is shooting a movie at Downton, ushering in the time period when talkies took over from silent films – similar to the plot of Singin’ In The Rain. While Robert and Mr Carson aren’t keen on the idea, Mary understands that it could bring in money for the estate.

Hugh Dancy joins the regular cast as director Jack Barber, alongside Dominic West and Laura Haddock, who play movie stars Guy Dexter and Myrna Dalgleish.

If you fancy two hours with familiar friends, or want to be introduced to new ones, rent Downton Abbey: A New Era on Virgin TV to join the Crawleys and their downstairs staff for this adventure that’s full of heart and intrigue.

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You can also buy the first film, Downton Abbey, as well as series 1-6 of the TV series.
 

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