Downton without grace
The historical advisor to ITV’s successful series, Downton Abbey, revealed in mid-November that religious references were deliberately left out for fear they would alienate increasingly secular audiences.
The Christian Institute
Alistair Bruce, whose role is to ensure historical accuracy in the drama, said that the beginning of a meal is never shown because no one was ever allowed to see a grace being said. Bruce said: ‘I think that the view was that we’d leave religion out of it.’
