He told us: \u201cI don\u2019t know [if we\u2019ll see more]. I know there\u2019s a whole world of fandom that creates all the fictions of what happened before, or after and sideways from our stories, but there\u2019s only really one story creator and that is Julian Fellowes, so I don\u2019t know where he would take his characters next or which aspect of these characters\u2019 lives he\u2019d like to explore.\u201d<\/p>
He added: \u201cThat\u2019s up to him, if indeed there are any more iterations to come. But I can see that there\u2019s a whole world of renewed interest in this era, certainly in the last 10 years there\u2019s been a revived interest in historical drama. And so there are any number of avenues that could be explored.\u201d<\/p>\n
In A New Era, the aristocrats are introduced to a whole new section of the family audiences didn\u2019t know before. \u201cThat was a really lovely new direction for the story to go,\u201d Bonneville said.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>He continued: \u201cAnd obviously it took us overseas, which was even more fun. Julian draws on so many different strands of his own experience and other stories, and weaves them all together into these tapestries that he does to give everyone a little moment in the sun. And for Robert to be able to question his own existence in a way was really interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
In terms of a spin-off, it sounds like fans would respond well to another entry to the Downton universe, whether it focuses on the Crawleys or other characters in another story.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.<\/em><\/p>\n Downton Abbey: A New Era is available now on digital, and Blu-ray and DVD. Looking for something else to watch? Plan your viewing with our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Movies<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong>Radio Times podcast<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 17 August 2022 at 12:00 am Downton Abbey: A New Era caught up with the Crawley family on the cusp of the Roaring Twenties, with Maggie Smith\u2019s Violet inheriting a house in the French Riviera from a former paramour \u2013 much to her son Robert\u2019s dismay. Actor Hugh Bonneville has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":20408,"template":"","categories":[6],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/hugh-bonneville-says-downton-spin-off-could-explore-number-of-avenues.jpg",1226,817,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/hugh-bonneville-says-downton-spin-off-could-explore-number-of-avenues-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/hugh-bonneville-says-downton-spin-off-could-explore-number-of-avenues-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/hugh-bonneville-says-downton-spin-off-could-explore-number-of-avenues-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/hugh-bonneville-says-downton-spin-off-could-explore-number-of-avenues-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/hugh-bonneville-says-downton-spin-off-could-explore-number-of-avenues.jpg",1226,817,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/hugh-bonneville-says-downton-spin-off-could-explore-number-of-avenues.jpg",1226,817,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 17 August 2022 at 12:00 am Downton Abbey: A New Era caught up with the Crawley family on the cusp of the Roaring Twenties, with Maggie Smith\u2019s Violet inheriting a house in the French Riviera from a former paramour \u2013 much to her son Robert\u2019s dismay. Actor Hugh Bonneville has…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/20407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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