DOWNTON Abbey could burn down in a future series according to the hit show’s producer. By: James Desborough Published: Sun, February 24, 2013 (EXPRESS)

Golden Globe award-winning Gareth Neame has hinted the Crawleys could be left homeless as their world slowly crumbles in front of viewers.

In the past major characters have been killed off and the stately pile could be the next victim.

Gareth said: “The first line Julian Fellowes wrote in the original script and indeed the pitch for the show talked about this great house that stands in this great park and everything it symbolises looks as though it would stand for a thousand years, but it won’t.

"The whole point about this is that it is the end of this era and that has always been hanging over the characters… the place and lifestyle we depict vanishes within a few years.

“So anything can really happen. It is coming out of its heyday and it is going into decline.”

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