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Actor Glen joins Downton Abbey cast for new series

ONE of Scotland’s most respected actors has joined the cast of Downton Abbey for its long-awaited second series, but STV admitted yesterday that it still has no plans to bring the hit period drama to Scottish screens.

Iain Glen, from Edinburgh, who gained global fame in the Tomb Raider movie, will take the role of self-made newspaper magnate Sir Richard Carlisle in the new series, which is due to start filming this spring.