Above Stairs
Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast
Focus Features
4.8 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The events and dramas of the lives led by those above stairs has never been short of anything but eventful.
For a family born into such a position, the pressure from society to maintain the correct order of things has always been of the utmost importance. However, those expectations are being questioned by those outside and amongst the inner circle as attitudes slowly start to shift. Will the new era bring the Crawley family an opportunity to adapt-and-thrive, or a battle they need to fight in order to survive?
Anita Rani interrogates the cast of upstairs about their character’s journey and explores their wardrobes with Downton Abbey’s Costume Designer, Anna Mary Scott Robbins.
Music by John Lunn
Don’t miss the new film Downton Abbey: A New Era. The motion picture event returns this Spring.
This episode of Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast is produced by Somethin’ Else in association with Focus Features, Universal Pictures International and Carnival Films.
Contributors
The events and dramas of the lives led by those above stairs has never been short of anything but eventful.
For a family born into such a position, the pressure from society to maintain the correct order of things has always been of the utmost importance. However, those expectations are being questioned by those outside and amongst the inner circle as attitudes slowly start to shift. Will the new era bring the Crawley family an opportunity to adapt-and-thrive, or a battle they need to fight in order to survive?
Anita Rani interrogates the cast of upstairs about their character’s journey and explores their wardrobes with Downton Abbey’s Costume Designer, Anna Mary Scott Robbins.
Music by John Lunn
Don’t miss the new film Downton Abbey: A New Era. The motion picture event returns this Spring.
This episode of Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast is produced by Somethin’ Else in association with Focus Features, Universal Pictures International and Carnival Films.
Contributors
- Hugh Bonneville
- Laura Carmichael
- Michelle Dockery
- Julian Fellowes
- Allen Leech
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Anna Mary Scott Robbins
- Penelope Wilton
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of your favourite Downton Abbey podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | Downton Abbey, the official podcast with me, Anita Rani. |
| 0:11.5 | This is your guide to everything Downton and the place to get you ready for the upcoming movie, Downton Abbey, A New Era. |
| 0:20.0 | In this episode, we're going to be diving into the world of the characters above stairs. |
| 0:25.2 | They are the face of Downton, both for the house and the village. |
| 0:29.5 | It's their duty to preserve this establishment and take on the responsibilities that come |
| 0:34.3 | with such a huge task. |
| 0:35.8 | And over the years, the family have undergone a lot. |
| 0:40.1 | Scandals, blackmail, ruinous investments, tragedies, as well as some more joyous things, |
| 0:46.2 | such as marriages, fantastic parties, and welcoming new younger members of the family. I asked those |
| 0:52.5 | tasked with playing them what it's been like. |
| 0:55.1 | And first up, Michelle Dockery. So, Michelle, Lady Mary Talbot? Yes. Do you know, I often forget |
| 1:04.2 | and I still call myself Lady Mary Crawley and of course she's not Crawley anymore. She's a |
| 1:08.4 | Talbot. Actually, it's Talbot. Tallbert. |
| 1:11.1 | Tallbert. |
| 1:12.9 | How long does it take you to get the voice? |
| 1:21.3 | Well, to be honest, I think I found her voice quite early when I auditioned for the part when I was 26. |
| 1:24.8 | I sort of found her voice from the script. |
| 1:28.9 | I was just like, I think this is the way she talks. |
| 1:31.5 | And so I just sort of went for it. |
| 1:34.1 | And it obviously worked and they liked it. |
| 1:37.9 | And it's sort of stuck. |
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