Downton Wars was a pair of satirical videos shot by Rob James-Collier to promote his running in the 2015 Virgin London Marathon for the Chilterns MS Centre charity. James-Collier promoted fundraising via the web site evilbutler.com (since taken down). This set of videos was actually for the second charity run by James-Collier as he also did the run for Chilterns MS Centre in 2014 (he unfortunately didn't meet his target, but the surplus from 2015 covered the shortfall).
This was not a high production value effort, but was entertaining and silly. Brendan Coyle was particularly out of character, but clearly enjoyed making it.
Synopses[]
- Downton Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Valet was more of a teaser for Episode 2 and set up the conflict between Bates as the Jedi and Thomas as the Sith Lord.
- Downton Wars: Episode 2 - The Evil Butler Strikes Back was a much longer effort with Bates and Thomas battling much of the time while many more of the main cast members were woven throughout. The ending is quite fun with a nice twist.
Cast[]
Downton Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Valet[]
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Downton Wars: Episode 2 - The Evil Butler Strikes Back[]
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- Brendan Coyle
- Rob James-Collier
- Sophie McShera
- Lesley Nicol
- Hugh Bonneville
- Michelle Dockery
- Maggie Smith
- Penelope Wilton
- Joanne Froggatt
Media[]
Videos[]
Downton Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Valet
Downton Wars Episode 2 - The Evil Butler Strikes Back
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External links[]
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- Charity
- Archive of EvilButler.com
- News
USA Today Watch: It's time to revisit 'Downton Wars' Jayme Deerwester, 3:18 p.m. EST January 2, 2016 Vanity Fair Watch Dame Maggie Smith Wield a Lightsaber in Downton Abbey/Star Wars Mash Up BY JOANNA ROBINSON SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 12:08 PM Elle WATCH THE DOWAGER COUNTESS THREATEN THOMAS WITH A LIGHT SABER IN 'DOWNTON WARS' SPOOF BY SALLY HOLMES SEP 21, 2015 JustGiving.com Downton Abbey's Evil Butler runs the Virgin London Marathon 2015 £16,544.94 raised of £10,000.00 target JustGiving.com Downton Abbey's Evil Butler runs the Virgin London Marathon 2014 £3,508.52 raised of £10,000.00 target