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" The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes. "

Michelle Dockery

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" I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement. "

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