Downton Abbey's Corrie connections

Many of you enjoyed the ITV drama, Downton Abbey which aired this past winter on PBS stations in the US.

Apart from the obvious and very lovely Rob James-Collier who was Liam Connor in Coronation Street and is now in Downton Abbey as Thomas the footman, there's a couple of other Corrie connections we've spotted.

Joanne Froggatt, who played Zoe Tattersall in Corrie, is playing head housemaid Anna in Downton Abbey. She's on the picture below, on the left hand side.

Siobhan Finneran, who starred in the Corrie spin-off DVD Romanian Holiday (and this fan would love to see on Corrie full-time) appears as Sarah O'Brien, the Lady's Maid. She's on the picture below, on the right hand side.

And writer Julian Fellowes is also a huge Coronation Street fan. I know we won't have spotted them all, so did you seen any more Downton Abbey / Corrie connections?

And in other news, there's going to be another series of Downtown Abbey and the actor that recently played Lewis Archer, Nigel Havers, is going to be in it!