‘Downton Abbey’ Launches Official Rewatch Podcast

“Downton Abbey” is gearing as much as return to the silver display screen with its second movie, “Downton Abbey: A New Period” this Could. However now, the British TV phenomenon can be hopping into the audio realm with “Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast.”

Hosted by Rotten Tomatoes awards editor Jacqueline Coley and British radio and TV presenter Anita Rani, the rewatch podcast will cowl each episode of the ITV hit, which focuses on the lives of the aristocratic Crawley household and their workers of servants on the Downton Abbey property in the course of the 1910s and ’20s. Coley and Rani will cowl the present weekly, diving into the massive ensemble forged of characters and reveal behind-the-scenes anecdotes and secrets and techniques from the beloved collection. The podcast launches this Tuesday and can embrace an unique have a look at the upcoming movie.

Along with recapping episodes, Coley and Rani may even interview notable individuals concerned within the creation of the collection, beginning with its creator and author Julian Fellowes within the first episode. Different upcoming company for the present embrace forged members Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Allen Leech, Elizabeth McGovern, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton and Michael Fox, together with Dominic West, who joins the forged in “A New Period.” The present may even function “Downton” producers Gareth Neame and Liz Trubridge, historic marketing consultant Alastair Bruce, costume designer Anna Mary Scott Robbins, manufacturing designer Donal Woods, casting director Jill Trevellick and “A New Period” director Simon Curtis.

“Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast” follows on the heels of a number of different profitable rewatch podcasts protecting widespread tv collection, a lot of that are hosted by forged members of the present. One of many first of its variety was “The West Wing Weekly,” which noticed former forged member Joshua Malina and “Track Exploder” host Hrishikesh Hirway recapped the the seven season political drama. Present ongoing recap podcasts embrace “Workplace Women,” which covers the NBC sitcom “The Workplace”; “Welcome to Our Present,” centered across the Fox comedy hit “New Woman”; and “Drama Queens,” which covers teen drama “One Tree Hill.”

“Downton Abbey: A New Period” will premiere in the UK on April 29 and Could 20 in North America.