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First off, a brand new video featuring the latest hunks of Downton Abbey while on the set of an Esquire magazine photo shoot:

BTS – Esquire, The cast of Downton Abbey from Simon Lipman on Vimeo.

UK’s GQ magazine featured a photoshoot of Downton Abbey’s men in modern fashion, even though they all still have that ‘to the manor born’ look about them. We’re used to seeing Branson, Carson and Thomas in costume clothes, but GQ dresses Downton’s hunks in Prada, Tom Ford, Ralph Lauren and Alexander McQueen. The results are inspiring…

Allen Leech plays Branson. He would look tasty wearing a garbage bag, let alone a smoking jacket.

Brendan Coyle plays Bates on Downton Abbey

Brendan Coyle dressed in Corneliani looks a lot different that murdery Mr. Bates on Downton

Dan Stevens plays Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey

Dan Stevens dressed here in Prada does a good job on and off screen playing the dandy

Edward Speelers is the scrummy footman downstairs on Downton

Hugh Bonneville plays Lord Grantham on Downton Abbey

A glimpse of Hugh Bonneville in this Gilded Age mirror

Jim Carter plays Carson on Downton Abbey

Jim Carter still looks a lot like Carson even if he is dressed in Gieves and Hawkes...

James Collier plays Thomas on Downton Abbey

Rob James Collier classic good looks pay true homage to the stylings of Ralph Lauren

Downton Abbey costs an average of one million pounds per episode to produce.

As of 2013, Downton Abbey is the highest rated PBS "Masterpiece" drama series of all time, seen by an estimated 120 million viewers in 200 countries and regions.

Gillian Anderson reportedly turned down the part of Lady Cora Grantham.

The real estate that "plays" Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, has been the home of the Carnarvon family since 1679. In 1922, George Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, co-discovered the Tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. On the show, the names of the Earl of Grantham's beloved dogs, Isis and Pharaoh, are nods to the real castle's connection to Egyptian history.

According to Julian Fellowes, the parts played by Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle and Maggie Smith were written for the actors.

It was reported that Steven Waddington auditioned for the part of Bates.

When Downton Abbey first aired, Julian Fellowes (creator and producer) was annoyed at the media for pointing out anachronisms like TV aerials and the use of the word 'boyfriend'. (The word 'boyfriend appeared in print in 1889, long before the period setting of Downton). Fellowes said "they think to show how smart they are by picking holes in the program to promote their own poshness and to show that their knowledge is greater than your knowledge". In a later article coinciding with the start of the second season, Fellowes apologised and commented "I behaved rather badly by getting the hump."

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