Hugh Bonneville has variety from Downton to Paddington

From Downton Abbey to Paddington Bear, Hugh Bonneville enjoys mixing it up, writes Susan Griffin.

IT’S been a busy year for Hugh Bonneville. He reprised his role as the bumbling boss Ian Fletcher in W1A, a BBC spin-off from the award-winning Olympics mockumentary Twenty Twelve, starred alongside George Clooney in the Second World War film The Monuments Men and wrapped up series five of Downton Abbey.

“There isn’t a lot of time off at the moment, but I’m not complaining. I love the fact that there is variety,” says the 50-year-old.