New trailer for Downton Abbey season four released Maggie Smith in the new Downton Abbey trailer. WE know what you're thinking. There isn't enough Downton Abbey in your life. Well worry not, because season four of everyone's favourite period drama is in the pipeline. A new trailer for the upcoming season was released yesterday, whetting appetites and inspiring fancy dress parties all over the world. The trailer opens with the Dowager Countess, otherwise known as Maggie Smith, otherwise known as the most awesome actress in the world, dispensing some typically sage advice to Lady Mary. "You must choose either death or life," she says. It then cuts to a bunch of couples smooching, rubbing noses and spinning in circles together. Awww. The rest of the trailer is a montage of crying, smiling, wistful looks and tea drinking. It's got everything you could ever hope for in a British show, really. Watch the trailer and drool, Downtonites.