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"Downton Abbey&amp;#039;s fourth series is underway with filming and fresh pictures from the set featuring stars Dame Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton have been released. The pictures feature Smith (Dowager Countess) and Wilton (Isobel Crawley) shooting scenes in a graveyard in Bampton, Oxfordshire.   Downton will return for an eight-part fourth series and a Christmas special in the autumn on ITV. It will air in the US on PBS in the New Year. Downton Abbey - filming on the set for series four:  Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Shirley MacLaine and Jim Carter will all return for the new series. They will be joined by new cast members Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Nigel Harman, Joanna David and Dame Harriet Walter. Death in Paradise and Bluestone 42 actor Gary Carr has also joined the cast as a &amp;quot;charming and charismatic&amp;quot; jazz singer named Jack Ross. The popularity of Downton Abbey around the world has continued to grow in recent months with The Simpsons and P Diddy the latest star names to create affectionate spoofs of the period drama. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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