“Downton Abbey’s” Mr Bates has Irish charm - exclusive interview

In some ways I could identify withn Tom Bronson, the young Irishman who married the Earl's daughter in Downton Abbey. As a middle aged bachelor I wed a New England widow who was raised a Methodist but had turned Presbyterian when she married her first husband, a clergyman of that faith. However, her New England relatives fully accepted me from the start, even though I was the first Catholic to marry into their family.

I LOVED DOWNTON ABBEY. WAITING WITH OPEN ARMS TO WELCOME IT BACK FOR A THIRD SEASON. I THINK OF MR BATES WALKING DOWN 5TH AVE WITH EMILY ANN & CHARLOTTE BRONTE. WHAT A GROUP THAT WOULD BE. LOVE EVERYONE IN DOWNTON ABBEY. lET'S HEAR IT FOR RAMELTON.