When we went to the local fete - my wife bought up the-plant stall and I made a beeline for the books, I noticed a stall advertising for extras for the next series of Downton Abbey.
I was interested - inevitably - but the date did not work: filming was during the week, and unfortunately I do not have the leave left to take time off.
The high point of the afternoon was seeing Penelope Wilton opening the fete. apparently she has some kind of role in Downton Abbey, but to me she will always be Harriet Jones - one of a whole range of ancillary characters in Doctor Who.
I resisted the temptation to say "I know who you are"...
