Laura Carmichael dishes the gossip on the new series of Downton Abbey and reveals what it was like working with legendary actress Shirley MacLaine.

After the storms of the First World War have cleared, the new series of ITV's juggernaught drama Downton Abbey will show the Crawley family dealing with all the drama of the post-war period.

Right at the heart of the third series is actress Laura Carmichael, who plays the eternally overlooked middle daughter Lady Edith Crawley, who spends her life being overshadowed by her glamorous sisters and is searching for love.