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Downton Abbey Exec Producer Gareth Neame Previews a Season of Change

• Jan 3, 2014 09:57 AM ET
• by Ileane Rudolph

Soon after the conclusion of another record-breaking season of Downton Abbey in the U.K., executive producer Gareth Neame, who has worked on the international phenomenon with series creator Julian Fellowes since its birth, sat down with TV Guide Magazine to share some scoop. The much-anticipated series about the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants returns to PBS's Masterpiece this Sunday.

PBS Sets Downton Abbey Season 4 Premiere Date

• May 14, 2013 02:09 PM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

Downton Abbey will return to PBS on ... read more

Downton Abbey Adds First Black Cast Member

• May 1, 2013 09:59 AM ET
• by Robyn Ross

Gary Carr will portray the first black character on Downton Abbey during its upcoming fourth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Carr, who will play a "charming and charismatic young jazz singer," joins returning regulars Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Jim Carter and Shirley MacLaine. Some of the other new faces for Season 4 include Tom Cullen, a new love interest for Mary (Dockery), Dame Harriet Walter as Lady Shackleton, an old friend of the Dowager Countess, Nigel Harman as a visiting valet Green, Julian Ovenden as aristocrat Charles Blake, and Joanna David as the Duchess of Yeovil.

Downton Abbey First Look: Widow Mary Moves On and Replaces Matthew

• Mar 2, 2013 06:39 PM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

We aren't the only ones still mourning Matthew's untimely demise. When Downton Abbey returns for a fourth season, Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) will still be grieving the loss of her husband sixth months earlier. read more