ITV1's trailer for Downton Abbey Series 3, coming to PBS and the U.S. on January 6th, and premiering in the U.K. this Sunday night at 9 p.m.

ITV1 video: Downton Abbey Season 3 premieres on ITV this Sunday, September 16th. Uploaded September 5, 2012. http://youtu.be/Kvw7J26V68U

Straight from Albion... ITV1's trailer for Downton Abbey Series 3, coming to PBS and the U.S. on January 6th, premiering in the U.K. this Sunday night

ITV1 video: Downton Abbey Season 3. August 18, 2012. http://youtu.be/NvDtszcZAV0

Meanwhile, PBS is showing this as their first trailer...

Watch Downton Abbey Season 3 Preview on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2274892886

Photo gallery from season premiere: 
http://www.itv.com/downtonabbey/photos/series-three-preview-photos/

More videos are available below, but keep in mind that you may NOT be able to view some depending upon what country you're in because of copyright reasons:

www.itv.com/downtonabbey

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/ 

Los Angeles Times

Showtracker blog

TCA: 8 things we learned about 'Downton Abbey'

By Yvonne Villarreal

July 22, 2012, 10:31 a.m.

"Wait, what is a weekend?" — Oh, Dowager Countess, if you were present Saturday night at the Television Critics Assn. press tour, you'd surely discover it's the period of time when the cast of "Downton Abbey" lets loose.

Still beaming with an Emmy glow — the show took up residence in the drama category and received a total of 16 nominations — a few of the actors from the popular British series, including newcomer Shirley MacLaine, took the stage and reflected on the show's fame.

Read the rest of the article at:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-tca-8-things-we-learned-about-downton-abbey-20120722,0,2825841.story

Please, all I ask is that there be more scenes with moxie-filled Lady Sybil, the adorable 

Jessica Brown Findlay. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4044534528/nm3726887

The Daily Mail
Period detail: Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay reveals her secret side onscreen
By J.J. Anisiobi
PUBLISHED: 11:36 EST, 25 August 2012 
UPDATED: 05:15 EST, 27 August 2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2193515/Downton-Abbeys-Jessica-Brown-Findlay-reveals-secret-onscreen.html

Facebook page for fans watching on ITV1 - 635, 228 Likes as of 4:43 p.m. Eastern, U.S. 
http://www.facebook.com/DowntonAbbey

The King and I: Google honors British archaeologist Howard Carter, co-discoverer with Lord Carnavon of Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt, on his 138th birthday with a doodle; Highclere Castle Eyptian exhibition

tagSeoBlog video: Howard Carter Google Doodle. May 8, 2012.
http://youtu.be/_iNJ3OyjRxM


A Highclere connection? Yes.
 Lord Carnavon, Howard Carter's employer, lived at Highclere Castle, where the ITV period drama Downton Abbey has been filmed in part the past three years, and is the home of the two hosts of this next video, the Eighth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, who, to honor the Fifth Earl's efforts, have developed an Egyptian exhibition in their home's basement  that the public can visit.
Which, regardless of which side of the Atlantic you're on, surely beats having a man cave!



HeritageKey video: Discovering King Tut - Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter
http://youtu.be/HaVeMWQzKuE



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Basingstoke Gazette

Highclere Castle - the real Downton Abbey - opens up for exclusive charitable day

2:34pm Tuesday 8th May 2012

http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/leisure/general/9693674.Highclere_Castle___the_real_Downton_Abbey___opens_up_for_exclusive_charitable_day/

http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/egyptian-exhibition.html


http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/downton-abbey.html


http://www.youtube.com/user/heritagekeymedia


http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/index.html

Promo for Downton Abbey, Season 2, premiering on PBS on January 8th, 2012

PBS video: Promo for Downton Abbey, Season 2, premiering on PBS on January 8th

http://youtu.be/qYKmcolMqZ4

Digital Spy video: 'Downton Abbey': The stars chat about Season Two http://youtu.be/XVnZRfrEfpM

ITV's promo for Season Two looked like this

ITV promo for Downton Abbey, Season Two

http://youtu.be/yoe3CoxcYm0

My last two blog posts filled with interesting videos and links about the wonderful Downton Abbey were both on September 19th, 2011, titled Quality writing & acting wins again!

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/quality-writing-acting-wins-again.html and

Brilliant! Mary-Jess - Did I Make The Most of Loving You? ("Downton Abbey" theme); Mary-Jess Leaverland

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/brilliant-mary-jess-did-i-make-most-of.html

Reminder: In the U.S., the first year of Downton Abbey re-airs on PBS beginning Sunday, December 18th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.

Season 2 of Downton Abbey premieres on PBS on Sunday January 8th, the second day of the NFL Wild Card Weekend, but the second game will be over by the time 9 p.m. rolls around.

Watch Downton Abbey: Surviving the Wait for Season Two on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

PBS Masterpiece video: Downton Abbey: Surviving the Wait for Season Two. Masterpiece's Rebecca Eaton on how to survive until Downton Abbey season two premieres. http://video.pbs.org/video/2156589433

The new CD containing the soundtrack of Season 2 of Downton Abbey produced by John Lunn is at Amazon.co.uk., and this website has a selection of the 19 songs.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005EW4MS0/ref=nosim/

If you're in the U.S., I urge you to buy it via Amazoncom UK as an Import, even at $28.68 plus shipping, since according to Amazon's U.S. website, it won't officially be available in the U.S. until December 31st, which is pretty weird given how many people might wish to get it for the holidays. Not so smart marketing there!

http://www.amazon.com/Downton-Abbey-Various-Artists/dp/B005EW4MS0/ref=sr_1_1

And use the Amazon Currency Converter to prevent your bank from screwing you with additional fees.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200224510

Decca Music video: Theme to "Downton Abbey" (Mary-Jess). September 2011. http://youtu.be/uCa-Bxl1s1c

When I first mentioned this video on September 19th, it had received 1,727 views, and now it's up to 13,367.

Mary-Jess - Did I Make The Most of Loving You? ("Downton Abbey" theme) 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0AbTiBYrbg&feature=colike

Yes, English singer Mary-Jess Leaverland is one very talented 21-year old!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/

http://www.mary-jess.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary-Jess_Leaverland

Brilliant! Mary-Jess - Did I Make The Most of Loving You? ("Downton Abbey" theme); Mary-Jess Leaverland

Mary-Jess - Did I Make The Most of Loving You? ("Downton Abbey" theme) 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0AbTiBYrbg&feature=colike

Owing to the fact that my last post here had so many Downton Abbey-related videos, and my desire to make sure that this performance by English singer Mary-Jess got the amount of attention it deserved, I'm repeating some of the relevant parts of it so that it's on its own and you can hear this amazing talent, whose personal and professional back-story is pretty damn amazing, if largely unknown outside of England and... China.

Especially for a 21-year old!

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Thanks to my observant friends, loyal confidantes and trend-spotting spies around the world, I got tipped-off to this video and can tell you that TODAY, Sept. 19th, is the first day that you can pre-order the new CD containing the soundtrack of Season 2 of Downton Abbey produced by John Lunn via Amazon.co.uk.

In the U.S., you can also now pre-order it thru the American office of Amazon.com but it comes as an Import and runs $28.68 plus shipping.

The CD will be released September 27th, 2011.

See the British link above to see and hear the selection of songs.

If you can, please click the YouTube link at the bottom of each of these videos and watch it there instead of on the blog, so that you can also see the other songs Mary-Jess has done in the right-hand column.

Plus, we can send those viewing numbers up!

Right now, as of 6:23 p.m. Eastern U.S., the total number of views for the first video is 1,727.

Decca Music video: Theme to "Downton Abbey" (Mary-Jess). September 2011. http://youtu.be/uCa-Bxl1s1c

(In my opinion, in this still-shot of the video above, Mary-Jess looks a bit like delightful actress Shiri Appleby, whom we last saw in a guest-starring role last month on USA Network's "Royal Pains," which I always watch.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey

http://www.mary-jess.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary-Jess_Leaverland

Reminder: In the U.S., the first year of Downton Abbey re-airs on PBS beginning Sunday, December 18th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.

The second season of Downton Abbey starts on PBS on Sunday January 8th!

Quality writing & acting wins again! Downton Abbey scores 4 at Emmys, as U.S. eagerly awaits Season 2's melodrama amidst WWII on PBS January 8th

ITN's The Showbiz 411 video: Downtown Abbey scores Emmy success, nabs 4 awards, including Best Mini-series, Best Supporting Actress (Dame Maggie Smith), Best Writing and Best Directing at 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ATAS, telecast on Fox-TV, September 18, 2011. http://youtu.be/YM_g9hxdYMU

Downton Abbey ITV1 promo

http://youtu.be/2M3moEeErr8

Quality writing & acting wins again! Downton Abbey scores 4 at Emmys, as U.S. audiences eagerly awaits Season 2's melodrama amidst WWII on PBS January 8th

I loved everything about this show and saw each episode at least twice -uninterrupted and non-distracted. (Like I was watching game film!)

Already being seen on ITV1 in the U.K., I can't wait for the second season to finally get to PBS!

Just under 15 weeks from yesterday -January 8th!

And if you didn't see it earlier this year, the first year of Downton Abbey re-airs on PBS beginning Sunday, December 18th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.

Trust me, you will hear about that as you know that PBS will be mentioning it every five minutes after Thanksgiving, and maybe even do a print ad campaign to create some synergy with the new season starting in January.

Downton Abbey - Series 1 promo

http://youtu.be/Sb0L3KH6YGY

Downton Abbey - Series 2 promo

http://youtu.be/1fwab6S6IWA

PBS video: Elizabeth McGovern on Season 2 of Downton Abbey

Watch the full episode. See more Masterpiece.

PBS vids with the cast of Downton Abbey are here:

http://www.pbs.org/search/?q=%22Downton%20Abbey%22

Australia's Channel Seven video: The hosts of Better Homes & Gardens went to Highclere Castle where Downton Abbey is filmed to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at upcoming Season 2, the amazing castle and meet the very talented cast.

http://youtu.be/VltkmtmNBl4

Thanks to my observant friends, loyal confidantes and trend-spotting spies around the world, I got tipped-off to this video and can tell you that TODAY, Sept. 19th, is the first day that you can pre-order the new Decca Music CD containing the soundtrack of Season 2 of Downton Abbey produced by John Lunn,via Amazon.co.uk.

And it features the series theme, Did I Make The Most of Loving You?, being sung by Mary-Jess, a.k.a. Mary-Jess Leaverland, which I have videos of below.

In the U.S., you can also now pre-order it thru the American office of Amazon.com, but it comes as an Import and runs $28.68 plus shipping.

The CD will be released September 27th, 2011.

See the British link above to see and hear the selection of songs.

Decca Music video: Theme to Downton Abbey (Mary-Jess) 2011.

http://youtu.be/uCa-Bxl1s1c

Mary-Jess -Did I Make The Most of Loving You? ("Downton Abbey" theme) 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0AbTiBYrbg&feature=colike

If you really watched the first season you ought to get the inside jokes and references here in this parody.

It's cracking good!

BBC video: Uptown Downstairs Abbey Part One - Red Nose Day 2011 - BBC Comic Relief Night. May 2011.

http://youtu.be/r5dMlXentLw

Thanks to its Emmy win last night, Amazon.com is offering a great deal where you can purchase the Original U.K. Unedited version for only $15.49 for over six hours.