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Hugh Bonneville To Star In BBC One Family Comedy ‘Mr. Stink’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday September 21, 2012 @ 6:58am PDTTags: BBC, Downton Abbey, Hugh Bonneville

The Earl of Grantham is doing one for the kids. Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville will play the title role in BBC One children’s novel adaptation Mr. Stink. The family comedy is based on the book by comic actor David Walliams, best known as half of the Little Britain duo. Walliams and Simon Nye are adapting. BBC In-house is producing. The story follows a lonely 12-year-old girl who befriends a local tramp, Mr. Stink. When she invites him to hide out in her yard, she must try to conceal him while coping with her complicated family. Harish Patel (David Schwimmer’s Run Fat Boy Run) and Walliams also star. READ MORE »

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TCA: ‘Downton Abbey’ Trailer Teases Plot Twists, Maggie Smith & Shirley MacLaine

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday July 21, 2012 @ 7:45pm PDTTags: Downton Abbey, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, TCA, Television Critics Association

The TCA panel session on Downton Abbey is ongoing, but a Season 3 trailer just screened for journalists contains some shockers:  While who knows how it will all unfold, the Right Honourable Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham … Read More »

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