Downton Abbey fans can look forward to a dramatic Christmas special, one of the show's stars revealed yesterday.
Brendan Coyle, who plays Bates, the valet, hinted the episode will end on a cliffhanger, with viewers not knowing who lives and who dies – suggesting this series will not be the last.
He said: 'There are three shocking twists in store that no-one could have imagined – including us.
'Wait until you see the Christmas special. You're not going to know ho lives or dies – literally.'
It comes just a week after Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, teased viewers of the ITV1 drama by saying 'there's a wedding, a funeral and a sex scene and I'm in one of those'.