28 min
Episode 5: The Executive Producer of Downton Abbey shares how the globally successful show was created Setbacks And Success | the Tears, the Tantrums and the Triumphs of being an Entrepreneur...
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In 2008, Gareth Neame a British television producer, took his friend Julian Fellows, an Oscar winning screen-writer, out for dinner in London.
Neame asked if Fellows would be interested in writing a historical period drama based in England, depicting an aristocratic family and their domestic servants.
At first, Neame was unsure if Fellows had any interest.
However…
…3 years later, Downton Abbey was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most critically acclaimed English-language television series ever.
By the third series, it had become one of the most widely watched television drama shows in the world.
In this episode of Setbacks & Success, Gareth Neame shares how the show went from a conversation over dinner, to become one of the most loved tv series ever.
In 2008, Gareth Neame a British television producer, took his friend Julian Fellows, an Oscar winning screen-writer, out for dinner in London.
Neame asked if Fellows would be interested in writing a historical period drama based in England, depicting an aristocratic family and their domestic servants.
At first, Neame was unsure if Fellows had any interest.
However…
…3 years later, Downton Abbey was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most critically acclaimed English-language television series ever.
By the third series, it had become one of the most widely watched television drama shows in the world.
In this episode of Setbacks & Success, Gareth Neame shares how the show went from a conversation over dinner, to become one of the most loved tv series ever.
28 min