Downton Abbey's Brendan Coyle, Elizabeth McGovern and Laura Carmichael shine at Book Of Mormon opening night (MAIL ON LINE)

By EMILY SHERIDAN

It's he hottest new musical in the West End after already wowing audiences Stateside.

So it was no surprise to see a host of Britain's biggest names turning out to the opening night of the London production of The Book Of Mormon.

And showing that it's a play fit for a Lady, Downton Abbey stars Elizabeth McGovern and Laura Carmichael joined the the show's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone at the Prince Of Wales Theatre.

The actresses, who play mother and daughter Cora Crawley the Countess of Grantham and Lady Edith Crawley looked a far cry from their onscreen characters.

Elizabeth, 51, looked great in a navy peplum dress, over which she wore a bright blue quilted coat.

The pretty actress added a splash of colour with bright red lipstick, as she happily posed for the cameras.

Laura, who plays her somewhat dowdy daughter, cut a very stylish figure in a chic beige trench coat, underneath which she wore an all black outfit with black heels. 

Also from the ITV period drama was the women's co-star Brendan Coyle, who plays Bates, attended with his girlfriend Joy Harrison.

Homeland star Damian Lewis was wrapped up for the cold weather with his actress wife Helen McCrory.

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Martin Freeman: Sherlock series 3 starts filming "the week after next" (RADIO TIMES)

Paul Jones
11:12 AM, 08 March 2013

A “brilliant” script for the first episode of Sherlock series three will start filming “the week after next”, says Martin Freeman.

The star, who plays John Watson opposite Benedict Cumberbatch’s great detective in the BBC1 drama, shared the news with Graham Norton on his marathon BBC3 Comic Relief chat show last night.

Freeman says he's read the script for the episode that will explain how Sherlock managed his death-defying plunge in series two finale The Reichenbach Fall – "Yes, it's brilliant" – but admits it hasn’t completely cleared up the mystery for him.

Asked whether he now knew how Sherlock had survived, Freeman admitted "Do you know what, actually, no. Even we, on reading the script, aren't quite sure. [Writer] Mark Gatiss is a clever fella."

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Martin Freeman and his family look typically English in the LA sun By HANNA FLINT (MAIL ON LINE)

A very English holiday! Martin Freeman and his family looked the typical British holiday-goers as they relax on Venice Beach

Surfers, bodybuilders, rollerbladers and bikini-clad babes are the usual people filling up Venice Beach and it's boardwalk, but Martin Freeman and his family brought a traditionally British picture to the sandy shores of LA.

Looking like they were sat on a Cornish beach more than under the Californian sun, the 41-year old Hobbit actor, his wife Amanda Abbington, 39, and two kids were certainly wearing more clothes than the usual sunbather.

In the Modish style of '80s England, Martin and his son wore gingham, tartan and buttoned up shirts while Amanda opted for a straw trilby hat and light-coloured jersey and linen.

The actor - who played Tim in the BAFTA award-winning mockumentary (The Office) - will instead be joining a wealth of celebs all ready to be interviewed by Graham Norton as he attempts to set a Guinness World Record for 'Most Questions Asked on a TV Chat Show'.

Called Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton, the Irish presenter will be enjoying a (hopefully) record-breaking chinwag with actors James Nesbitt, Warwick Davis and Russell Tovey, supermodel Elle Macpherson, presenters Paddy McGuinness, Alex Jones, Steve Jones, Kirstie Allsopp, and eccentric chef Heston Blumenthal.


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