<P> He appeared twice in Doctor Who: in the stories The Claws of Axos (1971) and The Masque of Mandragora (1976). </P> <P> He was a regular narrator of documentary television series . He narrated the Battlefield series, which examines pivotal battles of the Second World War from an operations point of view . Later, he narrated a series on the British Royal Family, entitled Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work . The series followed Queen Elizabeth II for more than a year, including the 2007 state visit to the United States . </P> <P> He appeared in Lewis in 2015 as a taxidermist in the episode "One For Sorrow". He also appeared on the ITV series, Downton Abbey in the third series' (third season) fifth episode as obstetrician / gynaecologist Sir Philip Tapsell, who was present at the death of Lady Sybil Crawley Branson (Jessica Brown Findlay) from eclampsia after giving birth to her daughter . </P> <P> His film career included the 2004 film Alexander, The Four Feathers, Clash of the Titans, Gangs of New York, Johnny English, The Remains of the Day and V for Vendetta . He also appeared as Major General Robert Ford in director Paul Greengrass's Bloody Sunday (2002), and as the Foreign Secretary in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008). In February 2010 Piggott - Smith played Alan Keen in the television film On Expenses . He also had a cameo appearance as Sniggs in the BBC production of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall in 2017 . His final film role was that of Sir Henry Ponsonby, Queen Victoria's Private Secretary, in Victoria & Abdul (2017). </P>

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