John Maguire on Film

Downton Abbey is fundamentally a drama that celebrates one class of people oppressing another

Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville in Downton Abbey

Cinema

Downton Abbey: Directed by Michael Engler, Nationwide, PG,Rating:**

Extra Ordinary: Directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman, Nationwide, 15A,Rating:****

I wasn’t a fan of Downton Abbey, which ran for six seasons between 2010 and 2015 at a time when I must have been doing something else with my Sunday evenings. The only episode I’d seen before sitting down to watch the inevitable big-screen adaptation revolved around the preparation and serving of a ...