... in the service.” “Downton Abbey” is a huge hit — on both side of “the pond.” Some have classified it as a “high class soap opera,” or a “subway sandwich of love stories,” but the acting by such “greats” as Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Shirley MacLaine, Penelope Wilton, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, etc. catapult it into a category all its own. It has a castle as a set, the British Isles as scenery, World War I as a backdrop, quirky characters, and enough plot lines ...
