He is the presenter of 'Never Mind the Full Stops,' a panel-based gameshow transmitted on BBC Four from mid-2006.

In late 2005 Fellowes made his directorial debut with the film 'Separate Lies.' He also penned the script to the current West End musical 'Mary Poppins,' produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Disney, which opened on Broadway in December 2006. He launched a new series on BBC One in 2004, 'Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder,' which he wrote and also introduced on screen. In the 1970s he also wrote romantic novels, using the names Rebecca Greville and Alexander Morant.

'Snobs' was a Sunday Times Best Seller and has now been published in many countries. Fellowes has described himself as coming from the 'rock bottom end of the top', and drew on his knowledge of Society to paint a detailed portrait of the behaviour and snobbery of the upper class. It focused on the social nuances of the upper class. He wrote the screenplay for 'Gosford Park,' directed by Robert Altman, for which he won an Oscar for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen in 2002. He played the part of Lord Kilwillie in the television series 'Monarch of the Glen.' Other notable acting roles included the part of Claud Seabrook in the acclaimed 1996 BBC drama serial 'Our Friends in the North.' He has twice notably portrayed George IV as the Prince Regent in the 1982 television version of 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' and the 1996 adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel 'Sharpe's Regiment.' He was educated at Ampleforth College, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Julian inherited the title of Lord of the Manor of Tattershall from his father, making him the fourth Fellowes to hold it. English actor, novelist, screenwriter, and director.įellowes is the youngest son of Peregrine Fellowes (a diplomat and Arabist who campaigned to have Haile Selassie restored to his throne during World War II). Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes (Baron Fellowes of West Stafford), DL.

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