I have to say that I love "Downton" beyond all reason. PBS aired it in four 90-minute chunks, so your math (running time less commercials) is about right. Wikipedia says that PBS made some tweaks to the beginnings and endings of the episodes, but everything seems to be there.
I haven't watched a lot of "Masterpiece Theatre" lately (although enough that calling it by the truncated name seems wrong), but is it unusual to include the "A second season is planned" message? --Dave Sikula On Jan 31, 1:20 am, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > Am I correct in thinking that you got the series in four two hour chunks? In > which case, you've seen the whole series that aired in eight parts in the > UK. I know it was re-edited a little as it crossed the Atlantic, but only > modestly. It aired on ITV1 in the UK, so one hour is probably about 45 > minutes without commercials. The first and last episodes were extended. > > Series two, which will be about the same length, is to go into production > shortly, although this time a Christmas themed episode has also been > ordered. > > Incidentally, this series is made by a division of NBC Universal, and > without their money, it wouldn't have got made! > > The final scene.. > > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > > A > L > E > R > T > > ...sees the outbreak of World War I announced, and I've got to say that I > thought it was a perfectly good place to break off. Will any of the staff > volunteer to serve (it was all voluntary at the beginning)? What will be the > political ramifications? Will it affect the family fortune? And so on. > > Adam > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just finished watching the fourth installment of the series on PBS. > > It was slow to build, but I grew to enjoy the characters and was > > really looking forward to the conclusion. Only there wasn't one. At > > the end of the fourth of four parts, a graphic appeared saying a > > second season was in production. So it really wasn't a four part > > series, was it? I mean, as glad as I am to see the characters will > > continue to evolve, I was looking forward to some sort of resolution. > > No resolution -- at least not yet. > > > Kind of annoying. > > -- > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
