ITV1 has released two new clips from the upcoming third series of Downton Abbey.

Series 3, set in 1920, sees the return of the much-loved characters and the arrival of Shirley MacLaine as Cora’s mother, Martha Levinson, who sweeps into Downton Abbey causing a stir above and below stairs.

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