Downton Abbey beats BBC rivals in the ratings as finale fetches 10.7m Glamorous house guest Lady Rose helped period drama Downton Abbey end its third series on a high. (METRO)

The young seductress, played by Lily James, helped the season finale attract  10.7million viewers, beating the BBC’s drama offerings.

Sunday night’s episode was the highest-rating one of the series and also featured US veteran Shirley MacLaine as that ‘dreadful’ American, the heiress Martha Levinson.

She starred alongside Dame Maggie Smith and leading man Hugh Bonneville in the Emmy-winning show.


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