On Feb 4, 12:59*pm, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 7:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:









On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:

On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

How would I have known that? *You are being somewhat impolite.
Downtown as the name of a country house is weird.
Finishing with a joke on English place names:- Somewhere in England
(as the newsreels used to say) there is a direction sign reading "To
Old Bolingbroke and Mavis Enderby" to which a wit has appended "the
gift of *a son".

TMML.

On Feb 4, 2:42*pm, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 7:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:









On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:

On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

Further to my last mail, from the BBC America sitehttp://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/01/downton-abbey-breathes-...
is the little factoid "Downton Abbey, the hit British series that
begins its second season on PBS this Sunday (Jan. 9), has positively
pushed the reset button on the career of Elizabeth McGovern". *There
are many, many other examples. *No mention of Downtown. *Where did
your spelling come from? Game, set and match?

I think that's a fake web site. Don't believe everything you
see on the internet! Or, they may simply have a typo on
the title. It shows up as Dowtown Abbey when the title screen
comes up as the program starts. Just trust me on this.

As for Elizabeth McGovern, that's one big reset button since
the last time she was anywhere near celebrity status was
when she played a blind 13-year-old on Gunsmoke. You may
not know about Gunsmoke, it was the second longest running
series on American television.

On Feb 4, 6:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:
On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:









On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

I think you are mistaken.

The BBC America website advertises the show in question as "Downton
Abbey" and not as you claim "Downtown Abbey".

And it is unlikely to have changed the name because of the way words
are spelt differently for one simple reason.

The suffix "ton" is not how we Brits spell "town", we spell "town" the
same way you do.

More to the point that suffix means "a farm or hamlet".

Check out place names in America that have their origin from place
names in the UK, and I am sure you will find place names ending in
"ton" just as they do over here.

I hope my input clears things up for you.

However, I am curious as to why you posted this thread in a newsgroup
which has nothing to do with television shows.

On Feb 4, 8:42*pm, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 7:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:





On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:

On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

Further to my last mail, from the BBC America sitehttp://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/01/downton-abbey-breathes-...
is the little factoid "Downton Abbey, the hit British series that
begins its second season on PBS this Sunday (Jan. 9), has positively
pushed the reset button on the career of Elizabeth McGovern". *There
are many, many other examples. *No mention of Downtown. *Where did
your spelling come from? Game, set and match?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Probably crap journalism in America. But we know they can't spell
over there anyway :-)

On Feb 5, 4:14*am, Devils Advocaat wrote:
On Feb 4, 6:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:





On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:

On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

I think you are mistaken.

The BBC America website advertises the show in question as "Downton
Abbey" and not as you claim "Downtown Abbey".

And it is unlikely to have changed the name because of the way words
are spelt differently for one simple reason.

The suffix "ton" is not how we Brits spell "town", we spell "town" the
same way you do.

More to the point that suffix means "a farm or hamlet".

Check out place names in America that have their origin from place
names in the UK, and I am sure you will find place names ending in
"ton" just as they do over here.

I hope my input clears things up for you.

However, I am curious as to why you posted this thread in a newsgroup
which has nothing to do with television shows.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Washington. A small hamlet in NE of the USA. I hear they have
electricity so probably television too :-)

On Feb 5, 12:07*am, Tater Cole wrote:
On Feb 4, 2:42*pm, Wombat wrote:









On Feb 4, 7:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:

On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction..
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

Further to my last mail, from the BBC America sitehttp://www.bbcamerica..com/anglophenia/2012/01/downton-abbey-breathes-...
is the little factoid "Downton Abbey, the hit British series that
begins its second season on PBS this Sunday (Jan. 9), has positively
pushed the reset button on the career of Elizabeth McGovern". *There
are many, many other examples. *No mention of Downtown. *Where did
your spelling come from? Game, set and match?

I think that's a fake web site. Don't believe everything you
see on the internet! Or, they may simply have a typo on
the title. It shows up as Dowtown Abbey when the title screen
comes up as the program starts. Just trust me on this.

As for Elizabeth McGovern, that's one big reset button since
the last time she was anywhere near celebrity status was
when she played a blind 13-year-old on Gunsmoke. You may
not know about Gunsmoke, it was the second longest running
series on American television.

Perhaps it is a fake site, though it seems to be a lot of trouble to
go to. I just looked at a preview on PBS, since I wasn't sure where
the episodes were taped. Twice DownTON Abbey came up on screen.
Unless you can supply a screen shot or a snipppet of the start of the
program I have to think you are incorrect.
It always amuses me that Americans are unaware of what TV in the UK
and the rest of Europe is like. Of course I know Gunsmoke. Many
American series are shown on this side of the pond, through many drive
me to put a DVD on.

On Feb 5, 7:04*am, harry wrote:
On Feb 5, 4:14*am, Devils Advocaat wrote:









On Feb 4, 6:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:

On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction..
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

I think you are mistaken.

The BBC America website advertises the show in question as "Downton
Abbey" and not as you claim "Downtown Abbey".

And it is unlikely to have changed the name because of the way words
are spelt differently for one simple reason.

The suffix "ton" is not how we Brits spell "town", we spell "town" the
same way you do.

More to the point that suffix means "a farm or hamlet".

Check out place names in America that have their origin from place
names in the UK, and I am sure you will find place names ending in
"ton" just as they do over here.

I hope my input clears things up for you.

However, I am curious as to why you posted this thread in a newsgroup
which has nothing to do with television shows.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Washington. A small hamlet in NE of the USA. *I hear they have
electricity so probably television too :-)

Not forgetting ... Clinton, Arlington, Burlington, Clayton, Milton,
Dayton, Lexington, Kingston, and many more besides. :P

On Feb 4, 4:42*am, Devils Advocaat wrote:

Kate Winslet was good in that Titanic movie.
A bit chubby maybe, but really, quite a fine thespian.

Kate? A thespian? I thought she loved men? :P

I have first..ahem...*hand* evidence of that.

"tomcervo" wrote ...

xyzzy wrote:
Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.



http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/...ownton_Abbey_/


I'd not seen that before, thank you. We organised a trip for our Pension
Group to Highclear Castle after the first series, well worth a visit, and
the staff were charming to a person.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On Feb 6, 10:59*pm, "Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger"
wrote:
On Feb 4, 4:42*am, Devils Advocaat wrote:

Kate Winslet was good in that Titanic movie.
A bit chubby maybe, but really, quite a fine thespian.

Kate? A thespian? I thought she loved men? :P

I have first..ahem...*hand* evidence of that.

Of her being a thespian or a lover of men?

In article 53e6dcc6-137b-4f74-8356-
, says...

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. ..., seems
like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.

No surprise, since Downton Abbey is not set in the Victorian age.

Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

The BBC did not make or broadcast Downton Abbey.

Janet.

Disculpa Senora Toby Drake, pero did you really mime the following on
2/4/2012 4:20 AM???
On Feb 3, 4:16 pm, Tater wrote:
Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

Kate Winslet was good in that Titanic movie.
A bit chubby maybe, but really, quite a fine thespian.

Bullshit - Kate Winslet is a fat cow.

--
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
-- Not Benjamin Franklin

It's "DownTON," not "Downtown."

That said, I saw a short bit on the similarities between an upper
class British accent and an American southern accent, and it is all in
the inflection when the words are spoken. It was fascinating to
listen to an expert read the same lines first in the British style and
then in the southern (aka Savannah) style.

N.

unklbob wrote:
On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:
Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

Tater, I think you are spot on with your observation--most of our
slaveholding class in the South were former British aristos who were
simply re-creating the formula they enjoyed back in the home country.

Tater Cole wrote:
On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:









On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

It's certainly "Downton" when shown on PBS in the US - I don't believe
it was ever "downtown."

N.

Tater Cole wrote:
On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:









On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

I haven't ever seen it on BBCAmerica - here in my part of the US, it's
on PBS. And it's Downton.

N.