A Revolutionary Heart: Tom Branson's Best Moments | Downton Abbey

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The costume drama series, Downton Abbey, written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, stars Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith as a Dowager Countess of an Edwardian English country house in 1912. The series portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them, in a time before the last vestige of a century’s old tradition were stripped away by World War and the modern age. The all-star cast also includes Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.
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[@pipoo1]

"I won't always be a chauffeur" must be one of the most prophetic lines any charater ever uttered in a TV show.

[@shubham3813]

Tom’s journey from the chauffeur to the son of Grantham’s was very poised and dignified. One which was underlined by his true devotion to Sybil’s memory and genuine love for the family.

[@danivarius]

Son in law of the Granthams

[@deadiemeyers1661]

I always thought that Tom Branson had the best character development and story arc over the entire series. Allen Leech is a very gifted actor, because he makes it possible to forget that Tom is a fictional character.

[@juliana22]

When he finally told off Mary. Yes Tom. 😊

[@ElvishRanger93]

Agreed! I would have been mad if they didn’t include that scene.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

Tom is my favourite character​@@ElvishRanger93

[@TessConnellan]

Hell yes, I hoped they included that when I saw this video, he FLAMED her tf out

[@pipoo1]

It had to be Tom. He loved her like a sister by that point and he always wanted the best for her and in that moment what Mary truly needed was to be confronted with her behaviour and the underlying unhappiness that caused it.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Tom is such a lovely character ❤

[@darrylbrooks9365]

Dammit! I'm going to have to watch the entire series yet again. I've forgotten how much I absolutely loved all the characters.

[@cynthiaslebodnik6945]

Allen Leech, a.k.a. Tom Branson, is one of my favorite characters. I love the way his part developed throughout the series and movies.

[@fabulouschild2005]

Allen Leech and Rob James Collier (Thomas Barrow) have the best bromance of any actors ever

[@paisley293]

So many great Branson scenes! @5:12 I love how he asked the Dowager Countess to dance so graciously. 💞

[@JoshuaBarker-h5l]

Tom is easily one of my favorite characters

[@michaelhackett3715]

“I know I can trust you to steer.” The Dowager Countess FTW.

[@c.a.savage5689]

One of the best characters from DA. Spot on, without pettiness, class antagonism or rudeness. Branson wss always a gentleman on the inside.

[@alyssajohnson3772]

the order these are in is kind of jarring. I'm glad i know the story already

[@lesleyairey6633]

I love the scene where he peeps through the window to see Sybil's new dress. And also when he meets Lucy & dances with her ❤

[@horsegirlb7120]

You mean... the "Peeping Tom" scene?

[@user-tl8sl4rc6s]

I think tom is brilliant they all are just love it could watch it over over again and never ged up of it love them all maggie smith what a lady l loved her hope it keeps coming back l waite for it makes my day bring it back

[@arohawaima9334]

Loved it when tom told Mary off.

[@12classics39]

Tom and his second wife have a new baby at the end of the second movie - I like to think the baby is a boy named after Matthew. Their friendship was special.

[@chriholt]

I had forgotten how beautiful Sybil was!

[@chillizora]

She was a stunner

[@livb6945]

Agreed. Beautiful and sweet. Why everyone considered Mary the beauty was always beyond me

[@livb6945]

Love that character

[@heatherfellows2675]

My favourite Branson part is when Sybil dies. Horrible event, but he acted it so well that he made you feel that you were right there.

[@tomspence8506]

Yeah it was so sad. I agree with you Heather Fellows. The whole cast played their roles perfectly but when the downstairs staff are told of Sybil's death, Robert James - Collier's performance was heartbreaking 💔 as although his character Thomas Barrow is usually so nasty and horrible he was so upset at Sybil's death you can't help but feel so sorry for him!

[@pipoo1]

I don't get how Allen Leech didn't get major award nominations for that trilogy of episodes starting when he flees Ireland. He acted it out of the park.

[@pipoo1]

"in any other century Larry Grey would've been taken outside and shot for the way he spoke". Oh Tom was willing Violet, he was willing and Larry Grey knew it. 😂

[@Arcannabis]

Was he ever in anything else? He looks so familiar but I can only remember him from Downton.

[@Meidas_Lea]

He's Allen Leach, Google him, he's been in 18 shows ...

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

@@Meidas_Lea He was ridiculous in Rome.

[@kerriethompson2073]

@kathy.7475such a great film!

[@fayesouthall6604]

@kathy.7475 Apparently the work they did at Bletchley shorted WW2 by 2 years.

[@sherrielee8871]

Rome, the Imitation Game, Bohemian Rhapsody. He was Freddie Mercury’s rotten boyfriend

[@tina5601]

That's what I love about Lord Grantham. He is the epitome of what true leadership is about. They say you have merely seconds to grab a crowd's attention . In the work I had in my life I've used it many a time and I can tell you it works you can drive a huge crowd in the direction you want with the right words within the right time with the right actions😊

[@Bogie0315]

Loved when he told Mary off, she had it coming in spades. Can't stand her got what she deserved.

[@wendyh2708]

I like the character of Mary, but she could be such a b---h.

[@georgeprchal3924]

Unpopular opinion but i like Tom and Sybil both as characters but not as a couple.

[@hpavalferr7201]

🙂 👏🏻

[@josephpanzarella1417]

He started as a very interesting character. By the last couple of seasons he had become dull.

[@pipoo1]

I agree to an extent, certainly in season 5 they seemed to have written him into a corner and the only way to end the season was for him to leave for America. When he came back he came back with a renewed energy and it's impossible to imagine any other character than him in the Mary/Henry storyline. Certainly no other character could've spoken to Mary the way Tom does in that season.

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

Some people would say Tom was a terrorist. 🕊

[@amritamukherjee3113]

Communists at heart, extreme left.

[@TheBeliever1204]

He should just have been frieds with LADY Sybil Still a lovely chatacter in the series

[@madidason3574]

She wouldn't have died if they had remained friends 😶

[@pipoo1]

​@@madidason3574she would've died either way. Though if they'd had the baby in Dublin as they planned she might have lived because Tom wouldn't have been bullied into listening to the idiot Doctor who refused to see the evidence in front of him.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

Toms Socialist/Communist moments were not his best moments. They're never anyones best moments, for those few susceptible to the lies of Socialism/Communism.

[@chrissihr1031]

If you live in a community that uses taxes to pay for roads, police, or firefighters, and you also pay those taxes, I regret to inform you that you are also a socialist. 😂

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

@BewildaJane The fascists ARE all Socialists. With the exception of the R.o.P. in the M.E. And those two corrupt groups of fascists are DEEPLY in bed with each other.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

@BewildaJane The Nazis (literally the National Socialist Party) were Leftist Socialists. Of course the Left doesn't find them convenient to acknowledge as their own anymore. Mainly because they failed though, not because of anything they did. To the Left, the only unforgivable offense, is to lose power.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

@BewildaJane The fascists ARE all Socialists. With the exception of the R.o.P. in the M.E. And those two corrupt groups of fascists are DEEPLY in bed with each other. (2nd repost, screenshots taken)

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

@@BewildaJane To the Left, the only unforgivable offense is to lose power. (2nd repost screenshots taken)

[@TheBeliever1204]

Tom shouldn't have punched abiove his weight

[@brendawilkins9649]

How is falling in love “punching above his weight?”

[@c.a.savage5689]

Tasteless comment that belies a complete lack of feeling. What are you even doing here?

[@brendawilkins9649]

@@c.a.savage5689 hope you’re referring to the comment by @TheBekiever1204 because mine was in Tom’ defense.