Downton Abbey: The London Season (Christmas Special 2013) [DVD]

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During the New Year celebrations, the Bateses welcome the new year away from the others, together with their newborn son. Andy helps Mr Mason move into Yew Tree Farm with Mrs Patmore and Daisy. He volunteers to help Mr Mason take care of Downton's pigs and shows an interest in farming. Mr Mason gave some books to Andy, and he reveals to Thomas that he can write no more than his own name; Thomas offers to teach him to read and write. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him.

Harold Levinson (played by Paul Giamatti) is Cora's younger brother. His peripheral involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal leads Martha to request that Lord Grantham appear before Congress to vouch for Harold's character late in series four – he escapes with only a reprimand. Harold then accompanies his mother to England in July 1923. While in England he makes the acquaintance of the Hon. Madeleine Allsopp. The two part on good terms, with Madeleine promising to write to Harold frequently. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV w/e 6 October 2013". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 14 October 2013. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1+1 w/e 06 November 2011". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . Retrieved 4 January 2012. Mrs Patmore tries to hide her deteriorating eyesight but Lord Grantham decides to send her to Moorfields in London for treatment when she accidentally puts salt on the pudding instead of sugar. This eyesight problem is declared to be cataracts, the surgery for which is new and daunting to Mrs Patmore, but the operation is successful and she regains the full use of her eyesight. During the Great War she learns that her nephew Archibald "Archie" Philpotts deserted and was shot for cowardice at the front. Hence, she becomes sensitive and upset when confronted with the topic of war. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 16 October 2011". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . Retrieved 24 October 2011.Bates does not say much about his family or childhood, though he does mention that his late mother was Irish and he has a Scottish grandmother.

Despite the concern of her husband and of Lady Mary, Anna does keep working, although some of her duties are undertaken by other members of staff. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 30 September 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 8 October 2012.

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Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 7 October 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 15 October 2012. The Crawleys host a ball in Grantham House: unexpectedly, the Prince arrives and opens the ball dancing with Rose. She becomes the "darling" of London society. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV HD w/e 29 September 2013". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 13 October 2013. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1+1 w/e 25 September 2011". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . Retrieved 3 October 2011.

The tension continues between Mary's suitors. Mary shares her time going on separate dates with each one. At the ball to celebrate Rose's coming out, Mary is startled to learn from Gillingham that the egalitarian Mr Blake is actually in line to inherit a huge estate from a cousin, so he is more suitable for her than she thought. Anna May Bates (née Smith) (played by Joanne Froggatt) (b. 1886) is lady's maid to Lady Mary at Downton Abbey; previously she was first parlour maid and head housemaid. She is 26 at the beginning of the series. She is very trustworthy, polite, and loyal to the Crawley family and her "downstairs" co-workers. Anna was the member of staff who helped Lady Mary and her mother Cora carry the corpse of Kemal Pamuk out of Lady Mary's bedroom and was the only one who openly welcomed valet John Bates to the household, despite everyone else's initial prejudice against him on account of his limp. After a long and somewhat secretive courtship she married Mr Bates in the end of the second series in a private ceremony at a registrar's office. Lady Mary prepares a room for Anna and her husband in the main house so they can spend their wedding night together. After her wedding, to avoid confusion with her husband, Anna is still called by her first name by the staff and family, unlike standard practice for lady's maids of the time.Thomas Barrow (played by Robert James-Collier) is under-butler at Downton Abbey and is a character who creates many conflicts.