The finale of Downton Abbey will be shown on Sunday and Monday after dismayed fans were deprived of the show due to technical issues last weekend.

As reported in The Royal Gazette today, viewers missed the farewell episode of the highly popular British saga for the second week running last Sunday, in a blunder blamed on “atmospherics”.

However, KeyTech today issued a statement saying it will go ahead this weekend.

CEO Lloyd Fray stated: “Due to technical difficulties on Sunday evening, the finale of Downton Abbey was interrupted. It is our priority to offer timely and reliable service.

“The finale will be available for viewing to all of our customers on Channel 99 from 8am on Sunday, March 13, until 8am on Monday, March 14. We apologise for the disruption and hope that Downtown Abbey fans enjoy the finale.”

The show airs in Bermuda via the Logic Communications cable channel five, which carries the United States broadcaster PBS.

The channel shows one-hour episodes of the historical drama on Sundays from 10pm to midnight: the previous week’s instalment, followed by the latest.

Closing six hugely successful seasons, Downton Abbey should have given its farewell to Bermudian fans this Sunday past.

Yesterday, one irate viewer, Anne Pearson, had explained her frustration at missing the chance to watch the final chapters of the fictitious Crawley family.

“It was a superb series, and for us to have it end like that, without having it put on again, should get us at least an apology or an explanation,” said Ms Pearson who, like others, was treated only to a static image.

Ms Pearson, who tried unsuccessfully to speak with a manager at Logic, said she was told she would be able to find the missing episodes online.

“A lot of us are not on the internet; I am in my eighties and many of my friends are in their seventies.”

The broadcast slot on February 28 merely showed a still image of actress Margaret Smith, she said, while this Sunday came with an hour’s broadcast of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, in which Downton Abbey was among winners — but both episodes were, again, just a static picture.

“It’s not acceptable,” Ms Pearson said. “We are paying for a service and we have not got it.”