With Downton Abbey’s sixth season set to be the last, Radio Times comes up with 6 ways the Crawleys and their staff could stay on our TV screens. Which one(s) would get your vote!
The Downton Abbey spin-offs that could keep the show alive
With Downton Abbey’s sixth season set to be the last, we imagine six ways the Crawleys and their staff could stay on our TV screens
Last week was a big week for goodbyes in the world of entertainment, from Jeremy Clarkson and One Direction’s Zayn to Dermot O’Leary‘s X Factor departure. The biggest and most terrible news of all (as far as this writer is concerned) was that Downton Abbey is set to end after its upcoming sixth season.
There will be no more awkward dinner parties, whispered exchanges in the servants’ hall or quick-tongued quips from the Dowager Countess. Just how will we face the working week without our Abbey-shaped fix on a Sunday?
“There are no definite plans to make a spinoff,” exec producer Gareth Neame has teased. “But again, I wouldn’t rule it out.”
That’s all the encouragement we need… Here are six spin-off shows with the potential to keep the spirit of Downton Abbey alive long after the final credits roll next Christmas.
Broadcasters, please form an orderly queue…
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