米歇爾愛看"唐頓莊園" 致信電視臺要提前看

The reelection is won, so it's no wonder Michelle Obama is looking for some relaxing entertainment to get through those four more years.

And the first lady of the United States is turning to British television to get her quick fix.

It has been reported that Michelle Obama is such a big fan of hit show Downton Abbey, that she turned to ITV bosses to try and get her hands on season three, ahead of its official US release date.

The Sun reports that the first lady and the president are both massive fans of the hit drama, and didn't want to wait until the series returned on US television on January 6.

Michelle reportedly contacted ITV to ask to send her a few DVDs with new episodes, which they did, making sure the couple can cuddle up on the sofa to see the latest developments in Downton, in between running the country of course.

A source at ITV tells the newspaper: 'We'd heard the Obamas liked to watch it but we were very surprised when someone from the First Lady's office got in touch asking for the series.'

'They were very polite and we were more than happy to sort out some DVDs to send over.'

However, ITV said they hoped the Obamas could keep a secret and not spoil the big finale for the rest of the overseas fans.

The source continued: 'Obviously, we hope they keep the spoilers to themselves as our US fans may not know about ... well, you know what!'

The costume drama is very popular across the world and the audience loves how quintessentially British the show is.

But the President is such a fan, he even invited Downton stars Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern - the Earl and Countess of Grantham - to his White House dinner for David Cameron in March.

Meanwhile, British actor Damien Lewis recently revealed that the President is also an avid fan of his show Homeland, and had also requested a signed DVD box of the American spy series.美國總統奧巴馬連任成功後，米歇爾終於可以找些讓人放鬆的娛樂活動來消遣，度過未來的四年時光了。

美國第一夫人米歇爾向英國一家電視臺索要《唐頓莊園》最新一季的DVD版。

據報道，米歇爾-奧巴馬是個名副其實的《唐頓莊園》迷，她求助於英國獨立電視臺，請求在第三季在美國首播前先睹爲快。

據《太陽報》報道，奧巴馬和米歇爾都是這部熱門英劇的鐵桿粉絲，而第三季在美國要等到明年1月6日才能上映，兩人已經等不及了。

米歇爾聯繫到英國獨立電視臺，請求寄給她一些第三季的DVD。英國獨立電視臺答應了她的請求，這樣美國總統夫婦就可以蜷縮在沙發上觀看《唐頓莊園》的最新劇情了，當然是在空閒時間。

英國獨立電視臺的一位消息人士告訴該報：“我們聽說奧巴馬伕婦非常愛看這部劇，但當第一夫人辦公室的人聯繫我們要提前看時，我們還是很吃驚。”

“他們很禮貌，我們也非常高興向他們送去一些該劇的DVD。”

但英國獨立電視臺也希望奧巴馬伕婦對劇情保密，不要劇透給其他海外粉絲。

他接着說：“我們希望他們能保密，因爲我們的美國粉絲都還沒看過，你懂的。”

這部劇在全球擁有衆多粉絲，觀衆們對其中原汁原味的英國味道十分喜愛。

奧巴馬也是鐵桿粉絲之一。在英國首相卡梅倫今年三月訪美時，他甚至一同邀請了《唐頓莊園》劇中的主演休•邦尼維爾和伊麗莎白•麥戈文格蘭瑟姆（劇中的伯爵和伯爵夫人扮演者）參加白宮宴會。

另外，英國男星戴米恩•劉易斯最近還說，奧巴馬也喜歡看他演的美國間諜劇《國土》，還索要了一盒簽名DVD。