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As the velvet curtain comes down on Downton Abbey, it feels like a warm bath: BRIAN VINER reviews Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

As the velvet curtain comes down on Downton Abbey, it feels like a warm bath: BRIAN VINER reviews Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

After 15 years, six television series and two feature films - not to mention a peerage for its creator, Julian Fellowes - the heavy velvet curtains are finally swishing shut on Downton Abbey.

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