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Visit 'Downtown Abbey'
Published: 1/23/2012 11:13 AM
Last Modified: 1/25/2012 12:54 PM


"Downton Abbey" continues at 8 p.m. Sundays on PBS, channel 11. The series is filmed at Highclere Castle in England. NICK BRIGGS/ITV for MASTERPIECE

Can’t get enough of Downton Abbey, PBS’s hit series about life above and below stairs in Edwardian England? How about a day trip to Highclere Castle where the hit series is filming a third season for 2013.

For the mere price of 7.900 pound sterling ($12,218.16 in U.S. dollars if you're counting), four fans can arrive at the castle and be greeted by the eighth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and have tea and coffee in the Countess’ private morning room.

Also included are a tour of the state rooms with either the Earl or the Countess, luncheon in the state dining room with wine’s from the Earl’s private wine cellar, a visit to Beacon Hill where the 5th Earl of Carnarvon (who funded Howard Carter expeditions in Egypt and the finding of King Tut’s tomb) is buried and the remains of an Iron Age fort, an escorted tour of Highclere’s Egyptology collection if the weather is good and high tea with complimentary copies of Lady Fiona Carnarvon's books, including a new biography “Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle,” with an opportunity to have a personal dedication written by the Countess herself.
(FYI: Read the book and it’s a fascinating look at life in the manor with wonderful photos of the family and the castle.) So if you have the spare change and want more more info on the trip, go online to tulsaworld.com/highclerecastle.

The TV series continues at 8 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 19 on PBS, channel 11.

P.S. Watched the final episode (a perk of being Television Editor is I get to view it in advance) last weekend and it's amazing. Everything you would want it to be but with just enough tantalizing clues to perfectly set up the third season now in production.



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Rita Sherrow grew up with TV. Yes, it was the ever-present “sister” from another techno mother. At first look, it was instant "Like." From then on, the TV had to be on in every room while she studied, elementary school through college. An Air Force brat, she attended school in three states (Oklahoma, Montana and Georgia) and two foreign countries (Germany and Bermuda) and graduated from Broken Arrow High School and the University of Tulsa with a degree in journalism/advertising. She first interned in the advertising world but, when a J-School professor (who also covered politics for the Tulsa World) offered her an internship at the newspaper, she took him up on it. The rest is history. She has served as bridal editor, senior features writer for the women’s section, food editor and is television editor of the Tulsa World. In addition to writing about TV shows and interviewing the stars for “Scene” stories, she also writes a TV column for Weekend and produces the Sunday TV World listings magazine.

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