14 5 / 2012
UYDS Hiatus Schedule
Hello, dear cousins! Below you will find our schedule for the next five months or so, as we wait out this barren desert that is the Downton Abbey hiatus. We do reserve the right to alter the schedule based on any emergencies that may arise, but we will do our best to make sure your UYDS fix arrives every Monday as scheduled!
Please check out what’s coming so you can keep up, and until next time, up yours, downstairs!
5/28: Gosford Park
6/11: Manor House E1
6/25: Manor House E2
7/2: Manor House E3
7/16: Tom Repeats History/Fashion Backwards 1
7/30:Manor House E4
8/6: Manor House E5
8/20: Manor House E6
9/3:Titanic (Fellowes)
9/17: Titanic (Fellowes)
10/1: Tom Repeats History/Fashion Backwards 2
17 2 / 2012
Friday Links Roundup!
Here’s a few fun things from the Cousins on Twitter and Facebook:
- Downton Abbey paper dolls! Available from Vulture.
- DA Fan Fiction! And more fan fiction!
- “Dubstep Abbey” remix by Cousin Mr. Voldemorton.
- Another dubstep remix from The Poke.
Enjoy, and have a classy weekend!
13 2 / 2012
Cousin Olivia’s Guide to Masterpiece Classic, Downton Edition
Thanks a million to Cousin of the Week Olivia for putting this together! Not surprisingly, Maggie Smith has been in more Masterpiece productions than anyone else! Congrats, Olivia! 5 Maggie Smiths all around!
Hugh Bonneville-Robert, Earl of Grantham- Miss. Austen Regrets, Mansfield Park,Dainel Deronda, Madame Bovary, The Cazalets
Jessica Brown Findlay- Lady Sybil Crawley- This is her first MASTERPICE production
Laura Carmichale- Lady Edith Crawley- This is her first MASTERPICE production
Jim Carter-Mr.(Charlie) Carson- Midsummer Murders, The Way We Live Now, The Secret Life of Mrs.Beeton, Cranford, Return to Cranford
Brendan Coyle- John Bates- Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Jericho
Michelle Dockery- Lady Mary Crawley- Return to Cranford, The Turn of the Screw
Siobhan Finneran- O’Brian- The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard
Joanne Froggatt- Anna- This is her first MASTERPICE production
Rob James Collier-Thomas- This is his first MASTERPICE production
Phyllis Logan- Mrs.Huges- And a Nightingale Sang, All the Kings Men
Elizabeth McGovern- Cora, Countess of Grantham- This is her first MASTERPICE production
Sophie McShera- Daisy- This is her first MASTERPICE production
Lesley Nicol- Mrs.Pattmore- This is her first MASTERPICE production
Rose Leslie-Gwen- This is her first MASTERPICE production
Maggie Smith- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham- David Copperfield, Memento Mori, All for Love, All the Kings Men
Dan Stevens- Mathew Crawley- Sense & Sensibility, Dracula
Penelope Wilton- Isobel Crawley- Country Matters, The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Wives and Daughters, Lucky Jim
Samantha Bond- Lady Rosamund Painswick- Rumpule of the Bailey, A Murder is Announced
