There's a period drama from the land of tea and scones that has female viewers everywhereclutching their Union Jack pillows and adopting fake British accents (all equally asheinous as <ahref="https://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/singer/5_madonna.html">Madonna's at theGolden Globes).Downton Abbey -- not &ldquo;downtown,&rdquo; as is thecommon mispronounciation among bleary-eyed boyfriends -- is a weekly television seriescelebrating everything girls adore about early post-Victorian England: the costumes, thecreaky countryside manors, the tawdry relations and subsequent gossip, the odd horse, andhealthy dollops of passive aggression. It's a trashy soap opera disguised as a perioddrama, although there's something about the classy accents and dedication to historicalaccuracy that elevates Downton Abbey from mere guilty pleasure to must-watchtelevision. You may not be able to recite every Crawley family member on command to yourgirlfriend's liking, but here are the five things you need to know about the show yourgirl is currently swooning for.<ahref="https://askmen.com//video/entertainment/downton-abbey-mistakes-video.html">RELATEDVIDEO: Downton Abbey Gets Surprisingly Vulgar Continue Reading



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