Downton Abbey is that very rare thing – an ITV series popular enough to be commissioned for a second season. It also seems to appeal to middle-class viewers – when … Read the rest
Tag: period drama
Winifred Holtby’s South Riding (1936) was that rare literary beast, a novel about, as the author put it, ‘the drama of English local government’; she dedicated it to her mother, … Read the rest
What is it about the British and period drama? The success of The King’s Speech might have taken a few critics by surprise, but ITV’s Downtown Abbey during the autumn … Read the rest