Hit drama Downton Abbey has been given a fourth series as ITV bosses warned viewers to have their tissues ready for the show's Christmas tearjerker.
The channel had kept its audience of almost 12 million waiting longer than usual to confirm a further run of the show, scripted by Julian Fellowes.
The eight-part run next year will open and close with feature-length episodes as the tales of the Crawley family and their servants in the early 1920s continue, with filming once more at Highclere Castle.
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