well he watches that all you may have heard the small show called down Abby
of course he had it's become extremely popular here in America and we're
excited to bring you a sit-down interview
with some other cast members courtesy of our colleagues at WGBH
this aired Monday night on Greater Boston are you one
millions who watched miss happen
Mary you've come to haiti is turning
but now you must remember yasser
he meets you in hutch owner
to say is I don't think I'm going to be very good mother
high note because somehow
with Matthew's death for the softness that he found in May seems to have dried
up
and drained away down at the is back
WGBH is beloved masterpiece series return for its fourth season
and Lord Grantham's grip is as strong as ever i'm joined now by WGBH
arch editor Gerry Barr and you recently sat down with some other stars have
down I did over the past few years I think I've spoken with at least happen
the upstairs and downstairs staff they're great people so down to earth I
think there probably is bewildered by the success
in some regard at the show was anybody so the crib we just saw that was
Mary and her husband Matthew Crowley was killed off last season that the actor
played against him she's had a big star became some guy
how did you think that they one on without him well of course has been the
big question over the last 11 months since we saw him die tragically in the
final moments at the last season is how would the show go on and what we find
here in at least the very first episode is really a study in grief
and what happens to Lady Mary but also as I talk to the cast
it was a stunning refer them as well I spoke to Allen leech who plays France
and of course if you watch the show you know he's a chauffeur turned member of
the family
and he said even on-screen off-screen it was a a loss for them as well and he
talked about how
Michelle Dockery who plays Lady Mary so to set the tone for that and how they
felt on the set
as Michelle said she said
you know what adventure and we started this venture together we're not going
into the other
and it was the same we'd I'm you needed feel that there were two people who were
so integral to the show
Missy but what it also gives them a Wii lies was it gives
the show such drama and course his wife was 10 died in childbirth she I do
actually i watch last night too it will in Julian Fellowes said it's very hard
to write happy
so dan Stevens did not leave the show but it sorta given this opportunity
so I mean this is the four season
you see most of this so we won't do any with no spoilers read him like that but
does it hold up
as well as the other seasons I actually think in large measure because Julian
fellow rights this is his creation he's written
every word himself and the cast and here's to that sometimes I put a little
requests
but because he has complete control the show I think it remains as strong in
fact
they were couples the second season I thought was little bit weak but this
season i think is
as strong as the very first season there are many reasons for that I i think that
people are still
gravitate toward this Old English style as our mores and social structure
changes rapidly
I me we had here we like to to see something that still has some sort of
structure questionable other stories are the drama thus openness that the
costumes everything is beautiful about it but I also talked to Lesley Nicol who
plays missus Pat marches on a recognizable she's the cook
yeah and she said they have a great camaraderie that you hardly ever feel
as as a group of actors and she told me a little bit more about that
it's a mixture actually of
very very nice people easy friendly
hard-working we share
commitment passion to make the show as good as we can
means nobody turning upcoming had us now is people are very
proud and think they love the job you're right I would not recognize your heater
on the characters are really look forward to her scenes
ING's great she told me that she she's one of the ball going she's hilarious in
person
even though she told me she doesn't cook which kinda funny she lets her husband
all the cooking but she said
she did put in a couple requested Julian Fellowes wanted to give her boyfriend
and now she's got a question
that she wants a dog quite formal visit one or the other
guys in the delayed this is something that happened a couple seasons ago so
she's got a boyfriend for a couple seasons for other make major questions
to have a scene with Maggie Smith now
but that means yes to go upstairs and and she's been told in in those times
the coke would never be seen up stairs
so last night and I did watch it but it felt a little bit
slower I thought maybe it was two hours and
they but they don't lead to our upset well I think that's largely because it's
Julian Fellowes knew that he had to calibrate this audience I mean this is a
couple that you spent three years dad and Matthew
era dan Stevens and and Michelle Dockers character
Lady Mary you spent three years wanting them to to have this moment where they
get married and they finally have the Sun and we lost him so
we we had to he headed to help us come to terms right
Jerry thank you for that