Hugh Bonneville appears to kiss estate goodbye in Downton Abbey finale trailer
Hugh Bonneville's Robert, the Earl of Grantham, has appeared to kiss his country estate goodbye in the trailer for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
The movie is promoted as bidding 'farewell' to the Yorkshire-set series about the life of the landed gentry and their servants that began with a TV show before a series of films.
It sees the return of Bonneville; Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary; Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham; Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith; Jim Carter as the butler Charles 'Charlie' Carson; and Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates.
The teaser begins with the family attending an opulent day at the races, and Mr Carson as an announcer saying: 'Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to 1930.'
The following clips show London theatrical productions, Dominic West as Guy Dexter and Lady Edith telling Lady Mary that she will be a 'sensation'.
The family then return to Downton Abbey, where a painting of Dame Maggie Smith's Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, who died in the 2022 film Downton Abbey: A New Era, is shown along with dances and the staff.
Last year, Oscar-winning actress Dame Maggie died in September at the age of 89, with Bonneville remembering her at the time as a 'true legend of her generation'.
The trailer shows the words: 'It's almost time to bid farewell' before ending with the family and staff all waiting outside the grand estate, while the Earl presses his finger to his lips and then places them on the wall.
Starting as a series in 2010, the programme won a number of awards, including 15 Emmys, with three of them going to Dame Maggie for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.
The series, the final of which aired on TV on Christmas Day in 2015, has also won a special TV Bafta award and earned Dame Maggie a nod.
Released in 2019, the first film in the trilogy depicted a royal visit to the Crawley family and Downton staff, while the second film, Downton Abbey: A New Era, saw them travel to France after Violet inherited a villa.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale will release in cinemas on September 12.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Reuters
2 hours ago
- Reuters
Prosecutors wrap up closing arguments in Harvey Weinstein sexual assault retrial
NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - Prosecutors made their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday in the rape and sexual assault retrial of Harvey Weinstein, opens new tab, a day after the former movie mogul's lawyer said during his closing argument, opens new tab that the three alleged victims lied on the witness stand. Picking up where she left off during closing arguments on Tuesday, prosecutor Nicole Blumberg sought to weave together for the jury the accounts of the three women who testified that Weinstein had attacked them. "Members of the jury, he raped three women. They all said, 'no,'" Blumberg said. Weinstein, 73, is on trial for a second time after a New York state appeals court threw out his conviction in April 2024. Experiencing a litany of health problems, Weinstein was present in court on Wednesday in a wheelchair, wearing a dark suit and tie. He is accused of raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013 and assaulting the two other women in 2006 and 2002. The trial began in April. A lawyer for Weinstein on Wednesday twice moved for a mistrial based on comments by Blumberg during her arguments, but the motions were swiftly denied by state Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber. Blumberg on Tuesday called Weinstein a serial predator who promised career advancement in Hollywood to women, only to then coax them into private settings where he attacked them. Weinstein, who has denied ever having non-consensual sex or assaulting anyone, has pleaded not guilty. "The defendant used his power and influence to create many, many award-winning movies," Blumberg said. "But he also used that same power, that same influence, to isolate women, trap women in places where he'd be alone with them and abuse them." Defense attorney Arthur Aidala on Tuesday accused the three alleged victims of lying on the witness stand out of spite after consensual sexual encounters with the Academy Award-winning producer failed to deliver them Hollywood stardom. "They are lying about what happened. Not about everything, but about a small slice - just enough to turn their regret, their buyers' remorse, into criminality," Aidala said of the accusers during his closing argument. Weinstein faces a maximum sentence of up to 29 years in prison if convicted on all changes. He already will likely spend the rest of his life in prison due to a 16-year prison sentence given to him after being found guilty in December 2022 of rape in California. He was convicted of rape by a jury in the previous trial in Manhattan in February 2020, but the New York Court of Appeals threw out the conviction and ordered a new trial, citing errors by the trial judge. Weinstein had been serving a 23-year sentence in a prison in upstate Rome, New York, when the conviction was overturned. That conviction was a milestone for the #MeToo movement, which encouraged women to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct by powerful men. More than 100 women, including famous actresses, have accused Weinstein of misconduct. Weinstein has been held at New York City's Rikers Island jail since his conviction was overturned. He has experienced several health scares while being held at Rikers, and in September was rushed to a hospital for emergency heart surgery.
The Sun
3 hours ago
- The Sun
Premier League side risk ruining pitch as stars race RED BULL F1 CAR in their stadium
LEEDS have only just booked their return to the Premier League. But they have already risked ruining their pitch... as players raced against a Formula One car at Elland Road. 4 4 Leeds are sponsored by Red Bull, whose sporting ventures also include the F1 team. And in an unlikely collaboration, club chiefs allowed the RB7 motor on the playing surface to compete in a drag race against three of Leeds' fastest stars. The idea came about at last year's British Grand Prix at Silverstone - with the players thinking they had a chance of beating the mega engine with a few obstacles. So Willy Gnonto, Largie Ramazani and Isaac Schmidt took on F2 driver Arvid Lindblad in the unique challenge. The footballers and racing car started on the edge of the penalty box and had to go around mannequins on the 18-yard line at the other end of the pitch and come back to the starting point to finish. Lindblad suffered a nightmare start as he struggled to get the wheels going on the grass. The four involved were pretty much dead level approaching the mannequins. And the car's turning circle meant the footballers regained their lead going into the second half of the race. But as they began to tire - or tyre - the car closed the gap and eventually roared past to win by about 30 yards. F1 fan Largie Ramazani said of the publicity stunt: 'This was a great experience, the only thing better would be getting in the car. Inside Leeds stars' wild title celebrations as Bamford and Ampadu 'leave Burnley fanbase in meltdown' with karaoke song 'Before the race I was scared, but I was confident too. I think we did great, but in the end the car was just too quick. "Dan James was involved in the idea but unfortunately he's been injured. "But I'd back my team-mate over that car any day - DJ would smoke this car." Driver Lindblad added: "Ahead of the race I was a bit nervous. "I'd never driven on grass and had no idea how it would go. "The car has a ton of horsepower and there is not much grip on grass, so I wasn't sure if I could go full throttle and turn the car properly." The spectacle also featured a slalom 'dribbling' challenge - and it was no wonder the car left tyre marks across the pitch. No doubt the groundstaff were not best pleased... although the pitch will likely be ripped up and replaced for the Premier League campaign after winning the 2024-25 Championship under Daniel Farke. 4 4
The Guardian
4 hours ago
- The Guardian
Lizzie Deignan ‘emotional' as she prepares for final race in Britain
An emotional Lizzie Deignan will end her years racing on home roads with a farewell appearance in the four-day Tour of Britain, which begins in Dalby Forest. 'I'm really pleased that the race starts in Yorkshire and finishes in Glasgow, because I've got amazing memories of my career there,' she said. 'I'm really excited about it.' The 36-year-old retires at the end of this season and described herself as 'incredibly emotional' over coming to the end of a career that included an Olympic silver medal at London 2012 and a Commonwealth Games gold medal in Glasgow in 2014, as well as victory in the first women's Paris-Roubaix and the world road race title in 2015. 'I realise how privileged I have been to do this for a career,' she said. 'I just feel lucky it's my choice that it's my last time, because not every athlete gets to do that. I know it's my last one going into every race this year, and I feel like I can make the most of it. It's really liberating.' Even with a British Grand Départ to the Tour de France Femmes confirmed for 2027, Deignan said she had 'definitely made the right decision' to quit the sport. Deignan, now with the Lidl-Trek team, has been a trailblazer as an elite endurance athlete who has juggled parenting and racing at the highest level, as well as being as an influential figure in the rapid growth of women's cycling. 'Half of the races that I've won weren't even on the calendar when I first started,' she said. 'I've grown up alongside the sport. When I started, everyone was racing just for passion.' If there is a natural heir to Deignan, it may be the 19-year-old Cat Ferguson, who is making her debut in the Tour of Britain, riding for Movistar. She was the revelation of last year's UCI World Road Championships, winning the junior time trial and road race. 'Cat's definitely got an amazing future,' Deignan said, 'and she is stepping into what is now a really professional sport. She has so many amazing opportunities and she will experience such a different level of professionalism compared to what we had. It's really exciting to see this next generation of British female riders.' Ferguson's first season racing at World Tour level has had its ups and downs, including a solid performance in her debut Grand Tour, the women's Vuelta, but also a heavy fall caused by a wandering spectator during April's Paris-Roubaix. 'That was my race over,' Ferguson said. 'There's been a lot of bad luck, alongside the good things. That's the reality of racing in the World Tour. Not every race goes your way and when it does go wrong, it's a lot harder to come back from.' Ferguson will be one of the headline names of a peloton that includes the Olympic road race champion, Kristen Faulkner, racing for EF Education-Oatly, and Anna Henderson, silver medallist in the time trial at the Paris Olympics and teammate to Deignan at Lidl-Trek. 'Out of all the races I've done this year, I'm really excited for this one,' Ferguson said. 'This a really competitive field and doing well is definitely one of my goals.' Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion If Sunday's circuit race in Glasgow will remind Deignan of her 2014 Commonwealth Games success, the opening couple of stages, from Dalby Forest to Redcar and Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-Sea, are more familiar to the Otley-born rider than some of her rivals. 'I know what to expect in terms of the conditions, and from British soggy, slow roads,' she said. 'I think I'll be at a bit of an advantage to some, although they're not quite my 'home' roads.' Rod Ellingworth, now in his second year as race director to the Tours of Britain, revealed that a different finish to the race to celebrate Deignan's career, had been under consideration. 'There were a few different ideas,' he said. 'Could we finish in Yorkshire for Lizzie?, for example. But you get a city like Glasgow coming in and they want it as a Festival of Cycling, so then, it's 'OK, this is the obvious choice.'' 'Ideally, you want to get to a point where you're not relying on local authority money, so then you can go to the right locations to run the race you want to, but unfortunately it's not as simple as that.' The race will be streamed live on BBC iPlayer and on TNT Sports.
