The Story of Downton

Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast

Focus Features

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4.8 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Hear the story of Downton Abbey and its creation from the very beginning with the behind-the-scenes creators who have made this show the global phenomenon it is.

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.

Episode Contributors

Alastair Bruce
Simon Curtis
Kevin Doyle
Julian Fellowes
Gareth Neame
Liz Trubridge
Donal Woods

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0:00.0	You are listening to Downton Abbey, the official podcast, where we talk non-stop
0:09.4	Downton with the cast and creators of the show.
0:12.1	It's hosted by me Anita Rani, for you the Uber fans.
0:16.0	You're welcome.
0:17.1	This will be the final episode from me in this series.
0:20.2	Therefore, I wanted to take us back to the very beginning
0:22.4	to when this world first came to life.
0:25.2	Along the way, to help me tell this story,
0:27.3	I'll be joined by the people who make it happen.
0:30.1	Very often, actually, there's a happy accident
0:32.3	and the scene is better than you'd imagined it.
0:34.3	Only one episode had gone out by that point,
0:36.5	and I thought already we're becoming a cultural sort of reference point.
0:39.8	I mean, we couldn't have had a room like the library.
0:42.5	It would have taken our entire budget.
0:44.9	First up, it's Mr. Gareth Neem,
0:47.0	Downton's producer extraordinaire.
0:50.8	It was your idea, wasn't it?
0:52.8	The whole series.
0:54.1	The spark came from you. It did start that way wasn't it? The whole series, the spark came from you.
0:56.0	It did start that way and it's an idea that had been percolating in my mind for many, many years, I think.
1:03.0	You know, as a British producer, I was trying to think of what can I do that's quintessentially British?
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