Friday, August 15, 2014

Gaffe in a promotional photo of Downton Abbey series – Mad Money

Netizens discover plastic bottle, in the image of the first half of last century series

Plastic bottle in a photo from Downton Abbey series
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What does a plastic bottle, which use only popularized in 1960, the promotional image of the British series Downton Abbey, which is last in the entire first half of the last century? Esa was the question that netizens and fans of the series were, to discover the gaffe of the producers of the series, you want to play a time, almost 40 years prior to plastic bottles in England.

Before having answers, the image was posted on Instagram, where you can see the plastic bottle on top of a fireplace, behind the actors Hugh Bonnevile and Laura Carmichael, respectively the father and the daughters of family who stars in the series. The episodes of the new season will start happening in Britain in September.

The image has been removed from Instagram and television network ITV, which produces the attraction site. But the incident sparked humorous reactions from fans. “Obviously the Crawley family invented the water bottle, and that was how they managed to sustain the mansion,” posted a fan Diana Pearl on Twitter.

The production of Downton Abbey has an expert Alastair Bruce, charge of taking care of historical accuracy and the time label. Nevertheless, the series has slipped sometimes that area. Other episodes show television antennas, road signs and even a modern greenhouse.

Experts also complain of errors in language which, they often contain common expressions in the 1960s.

The author of Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, defends the script, saying the program is “fairly accurate” at the time.

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