By Lacy Baugher for Drama on August 19th, 2012

Everyone Get Excited: Here Are Two New Teasers for Downton Abbey Series 3

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Finally! UK network ITV has released two new teaser clips for the highly-anticipated third series of Downton Abbey! Both are excellent and both – naturally – feature Dame Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess of Grantham being her trademark acerbic/utterly fabulous self.

While both snippets clock in at about twenty seconds long, for those of us who are feverishly counting the days until the Crawleys return to our television screens, they’re basically like water in the desert. And, yes, it’s a chance to get your first look at Smith’s Lady Violet facing off with newcomer Shirley MacLaine’s Martha Levinson.

The first clip features what appears to be a typical Crawley family dinner, with an outstanding zinger from Violet:

The second clip finally gives us what we’ve all been waiting for – our first confrontation between the Dowager Countess and Lady Cora’s American mother, Martha. Snap judgment: it seems that MacLaine will be more than capable of holding her own against Dame Maggie. Just guessing. 

Thoughts? How jealous are we all that the UK gets to see this in a matter of weeks?

 

By Lacy Baugher for Drama on August 19th, 2012
Lacy Baugher

Lacy's love of British TV is embarrassingly extensive, but primarily centers around evangelizing all things Doctor Who, and watching as many period dramas as possible.

Digital media type by day, she also has a fairly useless degree in British medieval literature, and dearly loves to talk about dream poetry, liminality, and the medieval religious vision. (Sadly, that opportunity presents itself very infrequently.) York apologist, Ninth Doctor enthusiast, and unabashed Ravenclaw. Say hi on Threads or Blue Sky at @LacyMB. 

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