Hugh Bonneville made Amanda Holden blush with a very cheeky X-rated joke live on Heart Radio on Wednesday.
The actor, 61, joined Amanda and Jamie Theakston, both 54, on their breakfast show to chat about his latest film, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
Welcoming Hugh to the show, Jamie said: ‘Now, our special guest this morning may or may not be hearing this music for the final time as we are joined by the wonderful Hugh Bonneville.’
Amanda added: ‘Woo, Lord Grantham himself! And he’s dressed for the part.
‘He is wearing a three-piece suit with a very lovely butter yellow tie.’
Hugh cheekily replied: ‘Do you know, it’s not every day I wake up to hear Amanda Holden say to me, ‘Get close to the muff.’
Hugh Bonneville made Amanda Holden blush with a very cheeky X-rated joke live on Heart Radio on Wednesday
The actor, 61, joined Amanda and Jamie Theakston , both 54, on their breakfast show to chat about his latest film, Downton Abbey : The Grand Finale
He said: ‘Do you know, it’s not every day I wake up to hear Amanda Holden say to me, ‘Get close to the muff.’
Blushing Amanda clarified: ‘Get close to the muff, which is the microphone. Haha!’
Jamie added: ‘Microphone muff, just in case anyone wasn’t sure about that!’
It comes after the final movie of Downton Abbey has been slapped a trigger warning from the British Board of Film Classification for including classist insults such as ‘tart’ and ‘trollop’.
The offending items in the popular period drama highlighted by the BBFC include ‘a group of women are seen in garters and skimpy clothing.
There are occasional innuendos, plus undetailed references to adultery, promiscuity and virginity.’
Another back mark highlighted in the upstairs-downstairs movie is ‘discrimination’ after ‘a divorcee is ostracized by her social class, and her status is viewed by some as scandalous.
‘There are other occasional classist insults.’
In the latest saga set in the 1930s Lady Mary, played by Michelle Dockery, finds herself in ‘a public scandal’ as a divorcee and is forced out of social occasions in London because of her marital status.
It comes after the final movie of Downton Abbey has been slapped a trigger warning from the British Board of Film Classification for including classist insults such as ‘tart’ and ‘trollop’
The family faces financial trouble as the household grapples with the threat of social disgrace (Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh pictured)
It puts into question her eligibility to inherit the Downton Abbey estate from her father Lord Grantham, played by Hugh Bonneville, who faces a dilemma on whether she is fit to run the place amid the public scrutiny.
Meanwhile, the late Dame Maggie Smith, who died last September, is paid tribute to in her character as the Dowager Countess of Grantham and it will be the first Downton series or motion picture she has not acted in.
Elsewhere, the family faces financial trouble as the household ‘grapples with the threat of social disgrace’.
As ever, the Crawleys must embrace change with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.
It comes as creator of Downton Abbey has claimed that British people have a ‘curious double standard’ of hating the rich but still wanting to be rich themselves.
Julian Fellowes criticised attitudes towards money, wealth and success in the UK in comparison to the United States.
He said in an interview with the Radio Times he thinks it is ‘ungenerous’ not to admire people who have done well for themselves.
The Tory peer explained: ‘Britain has this curious double standard of hating the rich and hating anyone who has been very successful, and yet wanting it.
‘I don’t get it. It seems to me ungenerous not to admire people who have done very well.’
He added: ‘Even when I was a struggling actor – which I can tell you is not the easiest of existences – if I met someone who’d had success and become a movie star, I’d think, ‘Good luck to them’.’
Lord Fellowes made the comments ahead of the release of the grand finale of Downton Abbey – which is coming to an end after 15 years on our screens.
The beloved series depicts the struggles of the aristocratic Crawley family as they grapple with financial troubles and social disgrace.
The creator of Downton Abbey has claimed that British people have a ‘curious double standard’ of hating the rich but still wanting to be rich themselves.
