One day the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley went looking for a brown Darth Vader figure on a beach(actually he’d been doing that for years, secretly, Cora had no idea) and met Sherlock who had terminal cancer and was on a road trip to Barafundle Bay with his friends. They had a nice little chat. 

Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.

Jonathan Ross: And does anyone eat the food? Or does everyone—

Michelle Dockery: Hugh (Bonneville) eats the food.

Laura Carmichael: He said once in a interview, and it comes up every time, that Hugh loves to “tuck in”.  And during the Christmas Special, every time, he went to pick up a mince pie and he would look at me and go “I’ll put it back..”

A Very Carson Christmas 

Allen Leech(Branson): It is slow burning. The whole way through I was constantly reading scripts going, ‘When are they going to kiss? Will they ever kiss?’ I have to say I think Branson’s very patient. I wonder how many other people would wait for that long. [laughs] 

Jessica Brown-Findlay(Lady Sybil): You get that sense every single time she goes back to the garage, people are like, ‘If you don’t kiss now, I’m going to just throw something at the TV. It’s like, ‘Come on!’ They finally kiss!

Downton Abbey Behind The Drama

Lady Edith’s plan of seduction starts by tempting Matthew with an architectural tour of local churches.
Laura Carmichael[Lady Edith]: “Edith doesn’t really have any interest in these churches. She’s just interested in spending time with cousin Matthew.”
Dan Stevens[Matthew Crawley]: “[Edith] just gazing lovingly at the back of Matthew’s head, and Matthew completely unaware.” [laughs]

Lesley Nicol(Mrs Patmore): When Lady Crawley comes down, I was so confused. I called her Your Majesty by mistake three times in the scene. [It was supposed to be] ‘Your Ladyship’, I went ‘Your Majesty’. ‘Cos I felt like I was talking to the Queen. There was no sort of real rapport with her because she was so different. 

Downton Abbey Behind The Drama