Hilarious Trailer for ‘Fackham Hall’ Comedy Spoofing ‘Downton Abbey’

“It was a different time… A simpler time. A time of manners. A time of modesty. And a time of murder.” Bleecker Street has revealed the first official trailer for Fackham Hall, a spoof comedy hitting theaters in December coming up. We haven’t had a good spoof in years! This comedy is riffing on the Downton Abbey series, which just concluded (so they say) with the Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale in September this year. A new porter forms an odd bond with the youngest daughter of a well-known UK family. Meanwhile the Davenport family, headed by Lord & Lady Davenport, deals with the epic disaster of their daughter’s wedding. “Tea will be spilled. Crumpets will be crumpeted.” Ahahaha. If Downton Abbey and Airplane! had a love child born with a silver spoon up its arse, it’d be Fackham Hall – the raucous new whodunit comedy. The comedy stars Ben Radcliffe as Eric, Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston, Emma Laird, Tom Felton, Lizzie Hopley, Jimmy Carr, Sue Johnston, Tom Goodman-Hill, and Damian Lewis as Lord Davenport. This looks like so much fun – a proper spoof with some seriously ridiculous jokes that might even be borderline offensive. Yep looks better than all the Downton Abbey movies – have a good time. // Continue Reading ›