With tongue firmly in cheek, here's a little look at some of the Downton Abbey characters from Coronation Street. There's more details of the actors who have worked in both Corrie and Downton Abbey here.
The Dowager Countess of Grantham is clearly Corrie's Blanche Hunt in disguise. Head of a family she can no longer control, with an acid tongue and some wonderful cutting comemnts.
Charles Carson the Butler. Decent, straightforward, salt of the earth, just like Jack Duckworth, only Carson doesn't disappear for hours on end down the cellar. Not yet, anyway.
The Earl of Grantham meets the Codger of the Cobbles. Both of them trying and failing to run a household full of women who've got the measure of them both.
Mrs Isobel Crawley and Mrs Rita Littewood-Fairclough-Sullivan. A woman who Gets Things Done.
Matthew Crawley lets women wrap him around their finger, just like our very own Steve McDonald.
Thomas Barrow, First Footman reminds us of Liam Connor. We can't say exactly why, there's something about the man but we just can't put our finger on what it actually is....
See also:
The Sopranos - Weatherfield Style
Mad Men - Weatherfield Style
The Flintstones - Weatherfield
Friday, 30 September 2011
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You might also like...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 12 June to Friday 1...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 5 June to Friday 9 ...
-
Julie Goodyear, one of Coronation Street’s all-time greats, has been diagnosed with dementia. The icon who played Bet Lynch for over three ...
-
How is he feeling about Jenny and Owen getting close? He really does have feelings for Jenny and he even tells her that he would prefer to b...
-
Friday 2nd June 2023 THE TRIAL BRINGS RYAN AND DAISY CLOSER Ryan enters the witness box and describes to the court how Justin threw the aci...
-
Monday 5th June 2023 DAISY AND RYAN WAIT TO HEAR JUSTIN’S FATE As they leave for court, Daniel clocks an awkward look between Daisy and Rya...
-
Everyone gets to have their day in court as Justin faces justice, Max is released and Daisy fails to fess up under oath to Daniel about the ...
-
Wednesday 7th June 2023 SARAH GIVES INTO TEMPTATION WITH DAMON Damon calls at the flat on the pretext of looking for Adam. When Sarah reveal...
-
Thursday 1st June 2023 JUSTIN’S TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY Daisy’s stressed at the thought of facing Justin in court without Ryan to back her up. ...
-
How has Max found his time in the STC? Do you think he has had time to reflect and feel remorseful about what happened and his part in Aly...
5 comments:
Wonderful though Maggie Jones was, I would have LOVED to see Blanche played by Maggie Smith.
This is a brilliant post, with some very astute comparions! :D
@Adrian, maybe we can't have that, but isn't it about time someone from the One O'Clock club paid a visit to Deirdre? Hmmm...
maggie smith reminds me of sheree hewson (maureen holdsworth) for some reason.
How about the shrewish Tina as a younger version of unpleasant Mrs O'Brien?
Post a Comment