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" Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has confirmed that a fourth series of the period drama is likely. The writer told The Telegraph that he would be &amp;quot;surprised&amp;quot; if a full fourth run did not follow this year&amp;#039;s third series, which concluded last night (November 4) on ITV1.  &amp;quot;I would hope [there will be more] because of the response to this series, but you know [ITV] are always pretty close to their chest in terms of an actual commission,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;But I think I&amp;#039;d be surprised if there was not a fourth series.&amp;quot; Fellowes also admitted that he has been &amp;quot;pleased with all&amp;quot; of Downton&amp;#039;s series, claiming that the show&amp;#039;s second series - which aired in 2011 - was &amp;quot;more solid&amp;quot; than the first. &amp;quot;We knew who they all were [by series two],&amp;quot; he suggested. &amp;quot;And now we are really involved with them and that takes you forward another step. He continued: &amp;quot;I am pleased with this [third] series. I thought it worked well. &amp;quot;It seems to me that the actors have made a very good job of it and the audience response has been great and they kept watching.&amp;quot; Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle - who plays Bates - recently claimed that he and his fellow cast members know when the show will end, since it has a &amp;quot;finite life&amp;quot;. &amp;amp;gt; Downton Abbey finale recap: &amp;#039;Let&amp;#039;s see what the future brings&amp;#039;&amp;amp;gt; Downton Abbey, Inbetweeners voted best shows of last 10 years Watch a trailer for Downton Abbey&amp;#039;s third series below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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