The new series of Downton Abbey will return this weekend, and its reported the series could be getting some added stardust in the shape of George Clooney and Kim Kardashian.
Clooney is already confirmed for a cameo role in a scene to be televised on ITV's Text Santa but tabloid rumours this weekend suggested she had asked Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith, for advice on how to secure a role.
The opening episode, set in 1924 will return to ITV screens at 9pm on Sunday with a previously released trailer hinting that at disaster caused by a fire:
Richard E Grant also makes his debut in the fifth series as Simon Bricker, along with favourites the Dowager Countess, and Anna and husband Bates, off the back of her traumatic ordeal in series four.
The Granthams will also have to cope with the fallout after the birth of Lady Edith's illegitimate son, and Branson has a new love interest.
