Fans of Downton Abbey across the globe were left broken-hearted last Christmas when show favourite, Matthew Crawley, met his maker when his car careered off the road, moments after meeting his first born son and heir.

Not just broken-hearted, but incredibly disappointed as Matthew’s death not only came a few weeks after that of his sister-in-law, Lady Sybil’s (Jessica Brown-Findlay), but the circumstances surrounding both were uncannily similar.
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As we reported earlier this year, the cast of Downton Abbey had been spotted out and about filming scenes for the new series of the show, in particular the first episode which features Matthew Crawley’s funeral – and now Digital Spy have published some pictures to show you!

Fans of the hit ITV period drama will know, Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) was killed in a car crash during last year’s Christmas special, leaving his new wife, Mary (Michelle Dockery) as a widow, and new mother to their just born son.
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For those of you still mourning the exit of Dan Stevens from our Downton Abbey screens, fear not, his new drama Summer in February is due to be released in June, and we have the trailer to wet your appetite with!

Downton fans will know how Stevens sensationally quit the hugely popular ITV period drama when his original contract was up for renewal at the end of series three last year.
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Former Downton Abbey star, Dan Stevens, has been announced as starring in a new adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s 1930 children’s novel Swallows and Amazons, the Radio Times reports!

Stevens broke the hearts of Downton fans globally when, at the end of series 3, he decided not to renew his contract, which forced the hands of the writers to kill his character, Matthew Crawley, off during last year’s Christmas special.
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After months of searching it would seem that bosses at Downton Abbey have finally found a suitable actor to play a new love interest for Lady Mary, but with three new male actors being cast, the question remains which one will be Mr Right?

Bosses at Downton Abbey confirmed earlier this year how, after the untimely death of Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens), his widow Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) would be finding a new male companion in the fourth series, which has just begun filming.
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As filming for the fourth series of the hugely and globally popular ITV period drama, Downton Abbey, begins the Sun newspaper has printed pictures of the cast filming the funeral of Matthew Crawley.

Fans of the hit show will know how, during last year’s Christmas special, Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) was killed in a road accident moments after meeting his first born son and heir for the very first time.
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As we reported earlier this year, following the tragic death of Matthew Crawley during last year’s Christmas special of the popular ITV period drama, Downton Abbey, producers are currently on the hunt to find a new love interest for his widow, Lady Mary, and it seems that they might have set their sights on Miranda star, Tom Ellis!

Fans of Downton watched in horror on Christmas Day when Matthew (Dan Stevens) met his maker by crashing his car moments after meeting his first born son and heir.

The decision to kill of Matthew was out of the writer’s hands after Dan Stevens, who played Matthew, decided not to renew his contract at the end of series 3. Given the time the show is set, and nature of Matthew’s family, death really was the only answer, but it still left a bitter taste in viewer’s mouths.
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After we reported earlier this week that former Downton Abbey star, Dan Stevens, was being lined up to play Mr Darcy in the new BBC Pride & Prejudice spin-off series, it now seems that he may have his sights set somewhat higher as well.

Dan Stevens broke the hearts of Downton Abbey fans all over the world last Christmas when the never ending rumours that he had not renewed his Downton Abbey contract at the end of series three were proved true when his character, Matthew Crawley, was killed in car accident during the festive special.
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Whilst fans of Downton Abbey may still be in mourning over the exit of Dan Stevens from their ITV screens, it seems they may have something to look forward to as the actor is reportedly being lined up to star in a new period drama, this time on BBC.

Dan Stevens decided not to renew his Downton Abbey contract at the end of the last series, series 3, stating a desire to make it big in America as his reasons for leaving the epic ITV period drama.
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With filming for the much-anticipated fourth series of the epic ITV period drama, Downton Abbey, due to begin next week, reports have come out suggesting that there may be a new love interest on the cards for recently widowed Lady Mary Crawley.

Fans of the phenomenon drama will know how during last year’s Christmas special Lady Mary’s husband, Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) was killed in a tragic car crash, moments after meeting his first son and heir.

Despite the criticism of this storyline and comparisons made between it and the sudden death of Lady Sybil (Jessica Findlay-Brown) the series before it, the decision to kill of such a pinnacle character was out of the production teams hands as Dan Stevens, who played Matthew, had decided not to renew his contract with the hit show to embark on a career in America, where Downton has gathered a huge following also.
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We are starting to wonder what was being served at the National Television Awards as another big winner has revealed plans to turn a popular British TV show into a feature length film!

We reported earlier this week how Brendan O’Carroll, the main star and creator of the hugely popular BBC sitcom Mrs Browns Boys, had revealed, after being awarded Best Situation Comedy at last week’s prestigious ceremony, that plans are underway to turn the Irish, studio audience filmed show into a movie next year.
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Following the tragic, and disappointing, death of Matthew Crawley in last year’s Downton Abbey Christmas special, the show’s executive producer has revealed that fans can expect the iconic ITV period drama to take a different direction when it returns this autumn for series 4.

Fans of the show were left slightly disappointed by Matthew’s death when he crashed his car straight after meeting his first born son and heir, in a storyline which bore an uncanny resemblance to the exit of Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown-Findlay) earlier the same year.
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Julian Fellowes, the genius behind Britain’s most iconic period dramas of all times Downton Abbey, has revealed that, although the decision for Matthew Crawley to leave Downton was out of his hands, he believes that the impact it has on the show will be positive.

Dan Stevens who played Matthew Crawley in the award-winning show began hinting that he wanted to leave the show to launch a career in America shortly after the third series had ended, and when it was revealed that when the fourth series had finally ben commissioned he had not signed a contract, we believed that meant to the only way out for his character would be during the Christmas special, and we were right.
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Following the shocking and disappointing death of Matthew Crawley in this year’s Christmas special of Downton Abbey, the creator of the epic ITV1 period drama, Julian Fellowes, has echoed claims from ITV made earlier this week that the decision was out of their hands, and the fact that Dan Stevens who played the character had refused to sign up for a fourth series was to blame for the storyline.

We reported earlier this year that Stevens, whose character Matthew Crawley was killed in a car crash following the birth of his first child by his wife Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery), was rumoured to not be signing a contract for the fourth series due to commence filming next year, and that he had set his sights on cracking America, where the show has a huge fan base also.
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After his Downton Abbey character’s death on Christmas Day, Variety has reported that Dan Stevens, who played Matthew Crawley in the hit ITV1 period drama, is in talks to star in his first movie, WikiLeaks!

Stevens, whose character was killed in a car crash just after his first son was born during the Christmas Day special, had been rumoured to be setting his sights on America when it was revealed that he would not be signing up for the fourth series of the hit show next year.
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