Post your questions for Penelope Wilton

It’s hard to pick a favourite Penelope Wilton character; she tends to play such lovely and forgiving people, from John Cleese’s ex-girlfriend in Clockwise, Simon Pegg’s mum in Shaun of the Dead (“Don’t point that gun at my mum!”), Ricky Gervais’s confidante in After Life, and Richard Briers’ long-suffering wife in BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. Wilton began her career in theatre, in King Lear at The Old Vic and in The Philanthropist on Broadway. Since then, she has played an art teacher in The History Boys, Colin Firth’s secretary in Operation Mincemeat, Bill Nighy’s wife in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Keira Knightley’s aunt in Pride and Prejudice. In 2008, she sacrificed herself to the Daleks so that David Tennant’s Doctor may live. Fans of Sunday evenings, meanwhile, will know her best as Isobel Grey, Lady Merton and mother of Mary’s late first husband Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey and the various spin-off films, including the most recent, The Grand Finale. So don’t waste any time, as Dame Penelope is here to take your questions. Please get them in by noon on Tuesday 14 October and we’ll print her answers in Film&Music soon afterwards. • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is on digital platforms from 13 October.