Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, Thomasin McKenzie, and Tom Felton star in the upcoming spoof of British period dramas. Downton Abbey gets skewered in hilarious trailer for Naked Gunstyle parody Fackham Hall (exclusive) Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, Thomasin McKenzie, and Tom Felton star in the upcoming spoof of British period dramas. By Mike Miller Mike Miller Mike Miller is the executive editor on the movies team at . He previously worked as a writerreporter for PEOPLE and TMZ. EW's editorial guidelines October 28, 2025 11:15 a.m.

Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, Thomasin McKenzie, and Tom Felton star in the upcoming spoof of British period dramas.

Downton Abbey gets skewered in hilarious trailer for Naked Gun-style parody *Fackham Hall *(exclusive)

Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, Thomasin McKenzie, and Tom Felton star in the upcoming spoof of British period dramas.

By Mike Miller

Mike Miller

Mike Miller is the executive editor on the movies team at . He previously worked as a writer-reporter for PEOPLE and TMZ.

EW's editorial guidelines

October 28, 2025 11:15 a.m. ET

The world of *Downton Abbey* is getting the *Naked Gun *treatment, and no one — whether lord, lady, butler, or maid — is safe from ridicule.

* *has the exclusive first trailer for *Fackham Hall *(careful saying it aloud), a spoof following "lovable pick-pocket Eric Noone (Ben Radcliffe) as he lands a job at a unique English manor house," per the official synopsis. As Eric rises through the ranks, he engages in a "forbidden romance with lady-of-the-house Rose Davenport," played by Thomasin McKenzie. But when someone is unexpectedly murdered, Eric is framed for the crime, "leaving Rose and her family's future perilously uncertain."

Described as a mix between British historical dramas such as *Downton Abbey *and spoof comedies such as* Airplane!* and *Naked Gun, *the film features a star-studded cast, including Damian Lewis, *Fantastic Beasts* franchise star Katherine Waterston, and *Harry Potter *alum Tom Felton.

Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston, Damian Lewis, and Tom Felton in 'Fackham Hall'.

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"There's so much to love about British period dramas — the wonderful production values, the beautiful houses, the opulent drawing rooms, the hairstyles, the costumes, all of which are present and correct in Fackham Hall," director Jim O'Hanlon tells EW. "But there's also lots to poke fun at — which is where our movie comes in!"

For O'Hanlon and the film's writers, which includes comedian Jimmy Carr, much of the humor comes from "this juxtaposition of proper, serious actors taking everything they say and do extremely seriously, no matter how silly or surreal the shenanigans going on around them."

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In *Fackham Hall*, you won't find the characters acknowledging the craziness surrounding them. "The crazier the events of the film get, the more seriously the actors react to them, and the funnier the whole thing is," O'Hanlon explains. "So it's a huge tribute to our cast — and especially to Thomasin McKenzie and Ben Radcliffe — that despite the madness and the mayhem happening all around them, you still find yourself rooting for Rose and Eric, and wanting them to succeed, and to get together."

As you'll see in the Red Band trailer above (not to mention the film's title), *Fackham Hall *is filled with enough rude humor to make even the most down-to-earth dowager blush. In fact, there were so many jokes and outrageous moments, O'Hanlon says some had to be cut for time. "We had a great scene involving two pigs having, shall we say, an amorous interaction, which I was very sad to lose," he reveals. "We had to cut a whole comic subplot in which Fackham Hall's resident cad Bert Chester (Adam Woodward) is caught in flagrante with several members of the staff and has to explain himself to his wife Fifi (Lily Knight)."

Jimmy Carr in 'Fackham Hall'.

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The director also notes that audiences should "look out for some pretty rude stuff involving a visit from the famous writer, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the naming of one of his most famous characters."

Still, as much fun as he had skewering British period dramas, O'Hanlon says all the jokes came from a real place of love and admiration. "Ultimately, I don't think parody works unless the people making it have at least some fondness for the genre they're parodying," he says. "So I like to think of Fackham Hall as a very affectionate parody of British period dramas and murder mysteries.

"We had so much fun making this film. I don't think I've ever laughed as much during a shoot, and I really hope audiences across the board will have just as much fun watching the movie as we had making it," he adds. "Those who are fed up to their back teeth of period dramas and want to see them sent up mercilessly, but also those who love them, who will hopefully be able to enjoy the lavish settings, lighting, costumes, and hairstyles even as they're laughing themselves silly at the surreal madness of the world."

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*Fackham Hall* makes its grand entrance in theaters on Dec. 5.**

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