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"Downton Abbey has been named the &amp;#039;Best Drama&amp;#039; of 2011 by Digital Spy readers. Julian Fellowes&amp;#039;s period drama, which will air a festive special on Christmas Day, topped the end of year poll.  &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Downton Abbey&amp;#039; Christmas Special: Q&amp;amp;A Doctor Who finished in second spot, ahead of E4&amp;#039;s Misfits and HBO/Sky Atlantic fantasy Game of Thrones. Miranda, Ricky Gervais&amp;#039;s Sky1 hit An Idiot Abroad 2, Alan Carr&amp;#039;s Chatty Man, Steve Coogan&amp;#039;s Alan Partridge Foster&amp;#039;s Funny series and Channel 4 sitcom Fresh Meat made the &amp;#039;Best Comedy&amp;#039; list.   Matt Smith and Karen Gillan made it a clean sweep for Doctor Who in the &amp;#039;Best TV Actor&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Best TV Actress&amp;#039; polls. Sherlock&amp;#039;s Benedict Cumberbatch, Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage, Downton Abbey&amp;#039;s Dame Maggie Smith and Misfits&amp;#039; Lauren Socha were the closest to rivalling the BBC sci-fi franchise&amp;#039;s actor and actress crowns. &amp;gt; Digital Spy readers awards 2011: The winners "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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