Series Two of the hit show Downton Abbey received a mixed response from critics following the near universal praise of the first series.

And Benedict Cumberbatch was one of those who was left unimpressed with the last series, calling it 'f***ing atrocious'.

The Sherlock star launched his withering rant at the hugely popular show while promoting his new BBC period drama Parade's End.

It was elementary to see that Cumberbatch was less than happy with his new show being compared to Downton Abbey - and he was quick to air his frustrations about the series.

He told the September issue of Reader's Digest: 'We’re remembering that there was a world before the First World War. We’re living in a culture now that’s revering, or having a nostalgia trip with, the beginning of the 1900s. Although Downton traded a lot on the sentiment in the last series…but we won’t talk about that series because it was, in my opinion, f***ing atrocious.'

While in Britain,sniping about Cumberbatch's background and “all the posh-bashing that goes on” frustrated him.

“It’s all so predictable. So domestic, so dumb. It makes me think I want to go to America,” he added.

Although he attended Harrow and was classically trained, Cumberbatch told Radio Times: “I wasn’t born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig”.

His upper-class image is likely to be reinforced next week when he stars in the BBC period drama Parade’s End, playing an anguished Edwardian aristocrat.

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日前，他在宣傳自己的新劇《隊列之末》(Parade's End)時，對《唐頓莊園》極盡冷嘲熱諷之能事，甚至還爆出了粗口，稱這部劇實在太爛。

而卷福在鞭撻《唐頓莊園》之時，自家的后院也不消停。因為“豪華”的背景，使他在本土飽受抨擊。

卷福擁有一個優(yōu)雅的名字——本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇，畢業(yè)于哈羅公學(xué)和曼徹斯特大學(xué)則讓他擁有一份讓其他藝人艷羨的學(xué)歷，而且他飾演的角色也都非常高貴。就是因為這些原因，本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇成為那些“羨慕嫉妒恨”的人攻擊的對象，他們覺得康伯巴奇的背景大大影響著他的職業(yè)生涯。

“所有關(guān)于我‘豪華’的攻擊都在持續(xù)著，但我除了名字以外，我的學(xué)歷和其他方面都不是天生的，我沒有大量的資金，也沒有屬于自己的石油鉆井平臺?！北灸岬峡颂亍た挡推姹硎荆约旱母邔W(xué)歷經(jīng)常成為別人抨擊的對象：“所有這些都是可預(yù)見的，這就是英國的特色，這種丑像讓人無言以對，因此我覺得只有到美國發(fā)展才能避開這些困擾?！?/p>

而對于本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇來說，此前他已經(jīng)參演了好萊塢影片《戰(zhàn)馬》，《星際迷航2》中也將出現(xiàn)他的身影，這或許也將成為他從英國轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)美國影視圈的契機(jī)。