When you consider the success of spoof movies like Airplane, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie and countless others, and then throw in hommages to the likes of Monty Python, Mel Brooks, the Carry On movies and other masters of this comedic form, it would seem a natural to take the beloved period dramas of the British upper crust and turn it on its head. That is exactly what the very funny Fackham Hall sets out to do and hits more than it misses.

With the third and most recent Downton Abbey a hit in theatres this Fall, it is that movie that is front of mind when watching this one. But shows like Upstairs Downstairs and just about anything with a Lord and a Lady seems fair game for writers Steve and Andrew Dawson, Tim Inman, and Jimmy and Patrick Carr. They clearly have done their home

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