Hugh Bonneville appeared in the ITV period drama "Downton Abbey", as Robert, Earl of Grantham. In early 2010, he appeared in the comedy film "Burke and Hare". In 2011 and 2012, he starred as Ian Fletcher in the award-winning BBC comedy series "Twenty Twelve", and reprised the role in the 2014 BBC comedy series "W1A". In December 2012, he appeared on BBC Two with co-star Jessica Hynes in "World's Most Dangerous Roads", travelling through Georgia. He also appeared in the much-delayed film "Hippie Hippie Shake" with Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller. From 2011 until 2014, Bonneville was the narrator of the Channel
The Diary of a Nobody this in the style of the silent films of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, with the text narrated in a voice-over. The BBC screened two subsequent adaptations: in 1979 a version dramatised by Basil Boothroyd, and in 2007 a four-part dramatisation Andrew Davies, directed by Susanna White and first shown on BBC Four as part of the channel's Edwardian season. "The Guardian"s critic wrote of the latter that Hugh Bonneville was "immaculate as the ignored kerfuffler [Pooter]." BBC Radio 4 (sound radio) has broadcast several dramatisations of the "Diary". These include Stephen Tompkinson and Annette Badland in a 2004 adaptation