ABBEY MEMORIES

Julian Fellowes' lavish period drama comes to a heartfelt, gushingly sentimental conclusion with a third big screen instalment that struggles to conjure up enough satisfying drama and intrigue to fill two hours of gorgeously lit screen time.

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The Crawleys step into the 1930s with trepidation following the passing of the Dowager Countess. Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville), and wife Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) prepare to hand over the day-to-day running of the estate to Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) until news of her divorce from Henry Talbot stains reputations. Visitors to Downton dwindle, for fear of being associated with a divorcee. Cora's brother Harold (Paul Giamatti) arrives regardless bearing his own terrible news