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Staying Alive: Just-Renewed 'Downton Abbey' And Dowager Countess

Metro, Friday, November 23, 2012 12:41 PM

Good news for fans of "Downton Abbey": the show was just renewed for a fourth season on U.K. TV network ITV. And show creator Julian Fellowes says Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess Violet Crawley -- for many viewers, "Downtown'"s highlight -- will not be killed off this season. In fact, even if Smith wanted to leave the show, Fellowes says, he would plot it so she could return: in that case, Violet would be sent off "to live by the sea."

Violet is going to live by the sea in case Maggie changes her mind,' he said.

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Violet is going to live by the sea in case Maggie changes her mind,' he said.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/918669-fellowes-maggie-smith -s-downton-abbey-character-won-t-be-killed-off#ixzz2D4HQMXRj

Violet is going to live by the sea in case Maggie changes her mind,' he said.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/918669-fellowes-maggie-smith-s-downton-abbey-character-won-t-be-kille d-off#ixzz2D4HQMXRj

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