The first series, comprising seven episodes, explores the lives of the fictional Crawley family, the hereditary

Earl of Grantham, and their domestic servants. The storyline Penelope Wilton The filming location, Highclere Castle, in reality served as a convalescent home during World War I.[5] Release Kong and reunites the Prince and his estranged wife. Scotland Yard and the local police investigate Green's death. Violet learns that Marigold is Edith's daughter. Meanwhile, Mrs Drewe,
centres on the fee tail or "entail" governing the titled elite, which endows title and estate exclusively to male heirs. As part of the backstory, the main character, Robert Amy Nuttall
not knowing Marigold's true parentage, resents Edith's constant visits. To increase his chances with Mary, Charles Blake plots to reunite Gillingham and his ex-fiancée, Mabel. After Edith
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Crawley, Earl of Grantham, had resolved his father's past financial difficulties by marrying Cora Levinson, an American heiress. Her considerable dowry is now contractually inherits Michael Gregson's publishing company, she removes Marigold from the Drewes and relocates to London. Simon Bricker, an art expert interested in one of Downton's paintings,
incorporated into the committal entail in perpetuity; however, Robert and Cora have three daughters and no son. Kevin Doyle Series 3 (2012) shows his true intentions toward Cora and is thrown out by Robert, causing a temporary rift between the couple.
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As the eldest daughter, Lady Mary Crawley had agreed to marry her second cousin Patrick, the son of the then-heir presumptive James Crawley. The series begins the day In episode one of the third series, covering 1920 to 1921, preparations are underway for Mary and Matthew's wedding. Tom and Sybil Branson arrive from Ireland, where Mrs Patmore's decision to invest her inheritance in real estate inspires Mr Carson, Downton's butler, to do likewise. He suggests that head housekeeper Mrs Hughes invest with him; she
Matt Milne Original release 26 September
after the sinking of RMS Titanic on 14/15 April 1912. The first episode starts as news reaches Downton Abbey that both James and Patrick have perished in the sinking of the they now live, to attend the wedding. Also arriving to attend the wedding of her granddaughter is Cora's mother, Martha Levinson, from America. Robert (Lord Grantham) confesses she has no money due to supporting a mentally incapacitated sister. The Crawleys' cousin, Lady Rose, daughter of Lord and Lady Flintshire, becomes engaged to Atticus
Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired in the United Kingdom ocean liner. Soon it is discovered that a more distant male cousin, solicitor Matthew Crawley, the son of an upper-middle-class doctor, has become the next heir Ed Speleers learns that the bulk of the family's fortune (including Cora's dowry) has been lost due to his impetuous investment in the Grand Trunk Railway. Meanwhile Edith has fallen 2010 – Aldridge, son of Lord and Lady Sinderby. Lord Sinderby strongly objects to Atticus's marrying outside the Jewish faith. Lord Merton proposes to Isobel Crawley (Matthew's mother). She
on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January 2011. The show Downton Abbey presumptive. The story initially centres on the relationship between Lady Mary and Matthew, who resists embracing an aristocratic lifestyle, while Lady Mary resists her Lily James for Sir Anthony Strallan, whom Robert discourages from marrying Edith due to his age and crippled arm. At Edith's insistence, Robert gives in and welcomes Sir Anthony, 25 December accepts, but later ends the engagement due to Lord Merton's sons' disparaging comments over her status as a commoner. Lady Flintshire employs underhanded schemes to derail Rose and
ran for six series and fifty-two episodes, including five Christmas specials. own attraction to the handsome new heir presumptive. but even though he loves her, Strallan cannot accept that the Grantham family disapproves the match, and at the altar announces that he cannot go through with the 2015 Atticus's engagement, including announcing to everyone at the wedding that she and her husband are divorcing, intending to cause a scandal to stop Rose's marriage to Atticus; they are
David Robb Allen Leech plays
wedding, devastating Edith. Strallan flees the church and is never heard from again. married anyway.
The series, set on the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey between 1912 and 1926, depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic Of several subplots, one involves John Bates, Lord Grantham's new valet and former Boer War batman, and Thomas Barrow, an ambitious young footman, who resents Cara Theobold Tom Branson, the

servants in the post-Edwardian era, and the effects the great events of the time have on their lives and on the British social hierarchy. These events include news of the Bates for taking over the position he had desired. Bates and Thomas remain at odds as Barrow works to sabotage Bates's every move. After learning Bates had recently been Raquel Cassidy Meanwhile, Bates's cellmate plants a small surgical knife in his bedding, but Bates is informed by a fellow prisoner allowing him time to find and hide it (this same When Anna is arrested on suspicion of Green's murder, Bates writes a false confession before fleeing to Ireland. Baxter and Molesley, a footman and Matthew's former valet, are able to chauffeur who
released from prison, Thomas and Miss O'Brien (Lady Grantham's lady's maid) begin a relentless pursuit that nearly ruins the Crawley family in scandal. Barrow – a small knife is later used by Bates to threaten his cellmate when he had been using his connections through corrupt prison guards to keep a witness from testifying to prove that Bates was in York at the time of the murder. This new information allows Anna to be released. Cora eventually learns the truth about Marigold, and wants her raised at marries into the
sinking of the Titanic (first series); the outbreak of the First World War, the Spanish influenza pandemic, and the Marconi scandal (second series); the Irish War of Tom Cullen
homosexual man in late Edwardian England – and O'Brien create havoc for most of the staff and family. When Barrow is caught stealing, he hands in his notice to join the Bates’s innocence of the crime for which he is incarcerated). At Downton, Mrs Hughes finds out she may have breast cancer, which only some of the household hear Downton; Marigold is presented as Edith's ward, but Robert and Tom eventually discern the truth. Only Mary is unaware. When a war memorial is unveiled in the town, Robert arranges Crawley family.
Independence leading to the formation of the Irish Free State (third series); the Teapot Dome scandal (fourth series); and the British general election of 1923 and the Beer
Hall Putsch (fifth series). The sixth and final series introduces the rise of the working class during the interwar period and hints at the eventual decline of the British Royal Army Medical Corps. Matthew eventually does propose to Lady Mary, but she puts him off when Lady Grantham becomes pregnant, understanding that Matthew Julian Ovenden about, causing deep concern, but the tumour turns out to be benign. Tom Branson and Lady Sybil, now pregnant, return to Downton after Tom is implicated in the for a separate plaque to honour the cook Mrs Patmore's late nephew, who was shot for cowardice and excluded from his own village's memorial.
aristocracy. Genre Historical drama would no longer be heir if the baby is a boy. Cora loses the baby after O'Brien, believing she is soon to be fired, retaliates by leaving a bar of soap on the floor next to the Michael Fox burning of an Anglo-Irish aristocrat's house. After Matthew's reluctance to accept an inheritance from Lavinia's recently deceased father and then Robert's reluctance
bathtub, causing Cora to slip while getting out of the tub, and the fall resulting in a miscarriage. It is later revealed that the miscarried foetus was a male. Although Lady to accept that inheritance as a gift, Matthew and Robert reach a compromise in which Matthew accepts that the inheritance will be used as an investment in the The Crawleys are invited to Brancaster Castle, which Lord and Lady Sinderby have rented for a shooting party. While there, Lady Rose, with help from the Crawleys, defuses a personal near-disaster for Lord
Created by Julian Fellowes Matthew Goode
Downton Abbey has received acclaim from television critics and numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film and a Mary intends to accept Matthew, Matthew believes her reluctance is due to the earlier uncertainty of his heirship and emotionally rescinds his proposal, leaving Lady Mary estate, giving Matthew an equal say in how it is run. However, as time goes on Robert repeatedly resists Matthew and Tom's efforts to modernise the running of the Sinderby, earning his gratitude and securing his approval of Rose. A second footman, Andy, is hired on Barrow's recommendation. During the annual Downton Abbey Christmas celebration, Tom announces he
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. It was recognised by Guinness World Records as the most critically acclaimed English-language television Written by Julian Fellowes devastated. The series ends just after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. Harry Hadden- estate to make it profitable. is moving to America to work for his cousin, taking daughter Sybil with him. Mr Carson proposes marriage to Mrs Hughes and she accepts.
series of 2011. It earned 27 Primetime Emmy Award nominations after its first two series, the most for any international television series in the awards' history.[1] It was the Shelagh
Paton
most watched television series on both ITV and PBS, and became the most successful British costume drama since the 1981 television serial of Brideshead Revisited.[2] Tragedy strikes when Sybil dies from eclampsia shortly after giving birth. Tom, devastated, names his daughter Sybil after his late wife. Bates is released from prison Series 1 introduces the Crawley Family,
Stephenson Opening theme "Did I Make the Series 6 (2015)
Series 2 (2011) after Anna uncovers evidence clearing him of his wife's murder. Tom becomes the new land agent at the suggestion of Violet, the Dowager Countess. Barrow and headed by the 7th Earl of Grantham (Hugh
Most of Loving
On 26 March 2015, Carnival Films and ITV announced that the sixth series would be the last. It aired on ITV between 20 September 2015 and 8 November 2015. The final Tina Pepler O'Brien have a falling out, after which O'Brien leads Barrow to believe that Jimmy, the new footman, is sexually attracted to him. Barrow enters Jimmy's room and Bonneville) and his wife Cora (Elizabeth
episode, the annual Christmas special, was broadcast on 25 December 2015. A film adaptation, a continuation of the series, was confirmed on 13 July 2018 and released in The second series comprises eight episodes and runs from the Battle of the Somme in 1916 to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. During the war, Downton Abbey is temporarily You?"
kisses him while he is sleeping, which wakes him up shocked, confused, and very angry. In the end, Lord Grantham (familiar with homosexuality from Eton) defuses In series six, covering the changes are once again afoot at Downton Abbey as the middle class rises and more bankrupted aristocrats are forced to sell off their large estates.
Starring Hugh Bonneville McGovern).
the United Kingdom on 13 September 2019, and in the United States on 20 September 2019. A second feature film, Downton Abbey: A New Era, was released in the United converted into an officers' convalescent hospital. Composer John Lunn the situation. The family, except Branson, visits Violet's niece Susan, her husband "Shrimpie", the Marquess of Flintshire; and their daughter Rose, in Scotland, Downton must do more to ensure its future survival; reductions in staff are considered, forcing Barrow to look for a job elsewhere. Having formed a close bond with young
Jessica Brown accompanied by Matthew and a very pregnant Mary. The Marquess confides to Robert that his estate is bankrupt and will be sold, making Robert recognise that George, Barrow realises that Downton has become the first real home he has ever had, but feels unwanted. Mary defies a blackmailer, who is thwarted by Robert. With Tom's
Kingdom on 29 April 2022 by Universal Pictures, and in the United States and Canada on 20 May 2022 by Focus Features.[3] Country of United Kingdom
Findlay Matthew, having left Downton, is now a British Army officer and has become engaged. His fiancée is Lavinia Swire, the niece of a Liberal minister. William Mason, the Downton has been saved through Matthew and Tom's efforts to modernise. At Downton, Edna Braithwaite, the new maid, enters Tom's room and kisses him, to which he departure to Boston, Mary becomes the estate agent. Edith is more hands-on in running her magazine and hires a female editor. Violet and Isobel once again draw battle
origin
Laura second footman, is drafted, even after attempts by the Dowager Countess of Grantham to save him from conscription. William is taken under Matthew's protection as his asks her to leave, and she is eventually fired. Mary returns to Downton with Anna and gives birth to the new heir, but Matthew dies in a car crash while driving home from lines as a government take-over of the local hospital is considered. Mary begins seeing Henry Talbot, a racing driver, and Edith begins seeing Bertie Pelham, a cousin of the
Plot overview Carmichael
personal orderly. Enduring trench warfare and charging against machine guns and artillery, both are injured by an exploding shell. William dies from his wounds, but only Original English the hospital after seeing his newborn son. owner of Brancaster Castle.
after a deathbed marriage to Daisy, the kitchen maid. While Daisy does not believe she loves William, she marries him in his last hours as his dying wish. It is not until a language
Jim Carter brief encounter with the Dowager Countess that she begins to realise that her love was real, but she could not admit it to herself. Meanwhile, Anna suffers repeated miscarriages. Mary takes her to a specialist, who diagnoses a treatable condition, and she becomes pregnant again. Mr Carson and Mrs
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Series Episodes
Ave. UK viewers
Brendan Coyle Series 4 (2013) Hughes disagree on where to hold their wedding reception, but eventually choose to have it at the schoolhouse, during which Tom reappears with Sybil, having returned to
(millions)[4]
First aired Last aired Matthew is now paralysed from the waist down by his battle injury, and seemingly unable to father children. Lavinia remains true to him despite his attempts to set her free, No. of episodes 52 Downton for good. Coyle, who tricked Baxter into stealing a previous employer's jewellery, is convicted after she and other witnesses are persuaded to testify. After Mrs
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1 7 26 September 2010 7 November 2010 9.70 and he finally accepts her devotion. Mary, while acknowledging her feelings for Matthew, becomes engaged to Sir Richard Carlisle, a powerful and overbearing newspaper (list of episodes) In series four, covering 1922 to 1923, O'Brien leaves to serve Lady Flintshire in British India. Cora hires Edna Braithwaite, who had previously been fired for her interest in Drewe kidnaps Marigold when Edith is not looking, the Drewes vacate Yew Tree Farm; Daisy convinces Tom to ask Robert to give her father-in-law, Mr Mason, the tenancy.
Dockery mogul, but their relationship is rocky. Bates's wife, Vera, repeatedly causes trouble for John and Anna, who are now engaged. Vera threatens to expose Mary's past Andy, a footman, offers to help Mr Mason so he can learn about farming, but Andy is held back by his illiteracy. Barrow offers to teach him to read, but Andy soon trades his help for that of a teacher at the local
Production Tom. Eventually the situation blows up, and Edna is replaced by Phyllis Baxter. Michelle Dockery plays Lady Mary
8 18 September 2011 6 November 2011
2 11.68 Siobhan scandalous indiscretion, but Carlisle agrees to purchase and kill her story. Embittered, Mrs Bates mysteriously commits suicide with an arsenic pie after a visit by Bates, and Crawley, the eldest Grantham
school.
Special 25 December 2011 Finneran he is arrested on suspicion of her murder. Matthew regains the use of his legs, and he and Mary realise they are still in love, but Matthew remains honourably committed to Executive Julian Fellowes Mary deeply mourns Matthew's death. Matthew's newly-found letter states Mary is to be his sole heir and thus gives her management over his share of the estate until their daughter.
Lavinia after she stood by him during his misfortune. Unknown to them both, Lavinia, ill with Spanish flu, sees and overhears Matthew and Mary admit their love for one producers son, George, comes of age. With Tom's encouragement, Mary assumes a more active role in running Downton. Two new suitors—Lord Gillingham and Charles Blake—arrive Robert suffers a near-fatal health crisis. Previous episodes alluded to health problems for Robert; his ulcer bursts and he is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. The operation is successful, but Mary
8 16 September 2012 4 November 2012 Joanne Froggatt Gareth Neame
3 11.91 another while dancing to a song playing on the phonograph gifted as a wedding present to Matthew and Lavinia. at Downton, though Mary, still grieving, is not interested. Edith, who has begun writing a weekly newspaper column, and Michael Gregson, a magazine editor, fall in love. and Tom must take over Downton's operations. Larry Merton's fiancée, Amelia, encourages Lord Merton and Isobel to renew their engagement, but Violet rightly becomes suspicious. Violet discovers that
Special 25 December 2012 Phyllis Logan Rebecca Eaton
Due to British law, he is unable to divorce his wife, who is mentally ill and in an asylum. Gregson travels to Germany to seek citizenship there, enabling him to divorce, but is killed by Amelia wants Isobel, and not her, to be Lord Merton's caretaker in his old age.[6] Daisy and Molesley score high marks on their academic exams; Molesley's are so exceptional that he is offered a teaching
8 22 September 2013 10 November 2013 Thomas Howes The Spanish influenza epidemic hits Downton Abbey further with Cora taken seriously ill, as well as Carson, the butler. During the outbreak, Thomas attempts to make up Producers Liz Trubridge Hitler's Brownshirts during riots. Edith is left pregnant and decides to have an illegal abortion, but changes her mind at the last minute. With the help from her paternal aunt, Lady position at the school. Mary breaks up with Henry, unable to live with the constant fear he could be killed in an accident like Matthew was. Bertie proposes to Edith, but she hesitates to accept because of
4 11.84 for his inability to find other employment after the war by making himself as useful as possible and is made Lord Grantham's valet after Bates is arrested. Lavinia dies Rosamund, Edith secretly gives birth to a daughter while abroad, and places the baby with adoptive parents in Switzerland, but reclaims her after arranging a new adoptive family on the Marigold. Violet, upset over Cora replacing her as hospital president, abruptly departs for a long cruise to restore her equanimity.
Special 25 December 2013 Rob James- Nigel Marchant
abruptly, which causes great guilt to both Matthew and Mary. Bates is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death but the sentence is commuted to life in prison due to estate. Mr and Mrs Drewe of Yew Tree Farm take the baby in and raise her as their own.
Collier Bertie unexpectedly succeeds his late second cousin as 7th Marquess of Hexham and moves into Brancaster Castle; Edith accepts him. Mary spitefully exposes Marigold's parentage, causing Bertie to walk out.
8 21 September 2014 9 November 2014 Lord Grantham's influence. After a talk with Robert, Mary realises that she must break off her engagement to Carlisle; he and Matthew fight in the drawing room, but in the Production Highclere Castle
5 10.40 Tom confronts Mary over her malicious behaviour and her true feelings for Henry. Despondent over his inability to find another job and his sense of being unloved, Barrow attempts suicide, and is saved by
Special 25 December 2014
Rose Leslie end Carlisle goes quietly and is never heard from again. The annual Servants' Ball is held at Downton, and Mary and Matthew finally find their way to a marriage proposal location Anna is raped by Lord Gillingham's valet, Mr Green, which Mr Bates later discovers. Subsequently, Green is killed in a London street accident. A local school teacher, Sarah Bunting, and
Elizabeth on a snowy evening outside the Abbey. Tom begin a friendship. On the Christmas special, Sampson, a card sharp, steals a letter written by Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales, to his mistress, Rose's friend Freda Dudley Ward, Baxter and Andy. Realising the extent of Barrow's pain for the first time, Robert and Carson allow Barrow to stay at Downton while he recovers and searches for new employment. Mary and Henry reunite and
8 20 September 2015 8 November 2015 Cinematography Gavin Struthers
6 10.42 McGovern which, if made public, would create a scandal; the entire Crawley family connives to retrieve it, though it is Bates who extracts the letter from Sampson's overcoat, and it is returned to Mrs are married. Edith returns to Downton for the wedding; she and Mary agree to work on improving their relationship. Mrs Patmore's new bed and breakfast business is tainted by scandal, but saved when
Special 25 December 2015 Lady Sybil, the youngest Crawley daughter, beginning to find her aristocratic life stifling, falls in love with Tom Branson, the new chauffeur of Irish descent with strong Camera setup Single-camera Dudley Ward. Robert, Cora and Rosamund appear there publicly to support her. Mary arranges a surprise meeting for Edith and Bertie with Bertie proposing again. Edith accepts. Edith tells Bertie's moralistic mother
Sophie McShera socialist leanings. She is talked out of elopement by her sisters, but her wayward marriage eventually receives Lord Grantham's reluctant blessing. Mirada about Marigold; initially appalled, she is won over by Edith's honesty. Barrow, having decided to turn over a new leaf and become a kinder person, finds a position as butler and leaves Downton on good
Running time 47–93 minutes Dan Stevens plays
Lesley Nicol terms, but he is unhappy at his new post; the family and other servants also find themselves missing him.
Matthew Crawley.
Ethel Parks, a new housemaid, is seduced by a wounded officer, Major Bryant. Mrs Hughes, the housekeeper, finds them together in bed and dismisses Ethel, but takes pity Production Carnival Films Series 5 (2014)
Maggie Smith
Series 1 (2010) on her and helps her when Ethel tells her she is pregnant. She has a baby boy and names him Charlie after his father, but Major Bryant refuses to acknowledge his paternity. companies WGBH-TV Lord Merton is diagnosed with terminal pernicious anaemia and Amelia blocks Isobel from seeing him. Goaded by Violet, Isobel pushes into the Merton house and announces she will take Lord Merton to her
Dan Stevens In series five, covering the year 1924, a Russian exile, Prince Kuragin, wishes to renew his past affections for the Dowager Countess (Violet). Violet instead locates his wife in British Hong house to care for and marry him, to his delight. Later, Lord Merton is correctly diagnosed with a non-fatal form of anaemia. Robert resents Cora's frequent absences as the hospital president, but comes to

admire her ability after watching her chair a hospital meeting. Henry and Tom go into business together selling used cars, while Mary announces her pregnancy. Molesley accepts a permanent teaching position Grantham[i] Grantham ix. Fellowes (2011) p.12-17 xi. Morrow (2012) p.237 xii. Fellowes (2015) p.102
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and he and Baxter promise to continue seeing each other. Daisy and Andy finally acknowledge their feelings; Daisy decides to move to the farm with Mr Mason, her father-in-law. Carson develops palsy and (deceased) (deceased)
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must retire. Following Robert and Mary's suggestion, Barrow happily returns to Downton as butler, with Carson in an overseeing role. Edith and Bertie are finally married in the series finale, set on New Year's Lady Grantham of the hit British television series, Downton Abbey.." daughter of Tom and the late Sybil; and Miss Marigold, the daughter of
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The main cast of the Crawley family is led by Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, and Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Cora Crawley, the (deceased) Grantham [ii] Inveraray Castle, Beamish Museum,
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Countess of Grantham. Their three daughters are depicted by Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley (Talbot), Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith Crawley (Pelham) Argyll County Durham
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portrays Lady Rosamund Painswick, Robert's sister who resides in Belgrave Square, London. Dan Stevens portrays Matthew Crawley, the new heir, along with Isobel
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with Lady Sybil, marries her and later becomes the agent for the estate. David Robb portrays Dr Richard Clarkson, the local town doctor. Reginald Rosamund Marmaduke Countess of Harold MacClare Flintshire)
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Joining the cast in series three is Lily James as Lady Rose MacClare, a second cousin through Violet's family, who is sent to live with the Crawleys because her (deceased) (née Crawley) (deceased) [i][x] of Flintshire
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parents are serving the empire in India and, later, remains there because of family problems. In series three and four, Shirley MacLaine portrays the mother of Cora Turnbull)[iv] Highclere Castle in north Hampshire is used for exterior shots of Downton Abbey and most of the interior filming.[10][11][12][13] The kitchen, servants' quarters and working areas, and some of the "upstairs"
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Crawley, Martha Levinson. Suitors for Lady Mary's affections during the series include Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, Julian Ovenden as Charles Blake, and bedrooms were constructed and filmed at Ealing Studios.[14] Bridgewater House in the St James area of London served as the family's London home.
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Matthew Goode as Henry Talbot. Edith's fiancé and eventual husband Bertie Pelham, 7th Marquess of Hexham, is played by Harry Hadden-Paton.
Jim Carter plays the butler, Mr Carson. BAJ&pg=PA57). Popular Culture and Philosophy. Open Court. AAQBAJ&pg=PT445). Headline. ISBN 978-1-4722-2969-4. Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-6690-8. Outdoor scenes are filmed in the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire. Notable locations include the Church of St Mary the Virgin and the library, which served as
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the Countess of Grantham (up to series three), plot against Brendan Coyle as Mr Bates, the valet to the Earl of Grantham, and his love interest and eventual wife, Anna (Joanne Froggatt), Crawley Michael Lady Sybil Atticus Companion of Downton Abbey. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-01620-1. to All Six Series (https://books.google.com/books?id=37JvCQAAQBAJ&pg
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Marchioness 7th Marquess
Crawley) Aldridge, MacClare) Newtonmore MacClare)
ISBN 978-1-250-09155-0. mentioned—lies in West Yorkshire. Yorkshire media speculated the general location of the fictional Downton Abbey to be somewhere in the triangulated area
Milne joined the cast as Alfred Nugent, O'Brien's nephew, the awkward new footman for series three and four, and Raquel Cassidy plays Baxter, Cora's new lady's maid, who was hired to Died with
Crawley)
Marigold
of Hexham of Hexham
(deceased) 1st Lord between the towns of Easingwold, Ripon and Thirsk.[17]
replace Edna Braithwaithe, who was sacked. Ed Speleers plays the dashing James (Jimmy) Kent, the second footman, from series three to five. In series five and six Michael Fox plays Andy issue.[x] Sinderby
Parker, a replacement footman for Jimmy. In series four, five, and six Andrew Scarborough plays Tim Drewe, a farmer of the estate, who helps Lady Edith conceal a big secret. First World War trench warfare scenes in France were filmed in a specially constructed replica battlefield for period war scenes near the village of Akenham in
Production rural Suffolk.[18]
The kitchen staff include Lesley Nicol as Mrs Patmore the cook, and Sophie McShera as Daisy, the scullery maid who works her way up to assistant cook having earlier married William George
Mason. Cara Theobold portrays Ivy Stuart, a kitchen maid, joining the cast for series three and four. Robert James- Crawley[xii] Gareth Neame of Carnival Films conceived the idea of an Edwardian-era TV drama set in a country house and approached Fellowes, who had won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for Many historical locations and aristocratic mansions have been used to film various scenes:
Collier plays the Heir and son
Victoria Gosford Park. The TV series Downton Abbey – written and created by Fellowes – was originally planned as a spin-off of Gosford Park, but instead was developed as a stand-alone property inspired by the film,
footman turned of Matthew
Caroline Marigold
Sybil
Rachel set decades earlier.[7] Although Fellowes was reluctant to work on another project resembling Gosford Park, within a few weeks he returned to Neame with an outline of the first series. Influenced by Edith The fictional Haxby Park, the estate Sir Richard Carlisle intends to buy in series two, is part of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire.[19] Byfleet Manor in
Crawley family Crawley and "Sybbie"
Surrey is the location for the Dower house, home to Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham,[20] while West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire is used for the
under-butler, Mr
heir
Talbot Crawley[xii]
Branson[xii]
Cora Wharton's The Custom of the Country,[8] Fellowes writes the scripts, and his wife, Emma, is an informal story editor.[9]
Thomas Barrow. presumptive
Aldridge interior scenes of Lady Rosamund (Samantha Bond)'s London residence in Belgrave Square.[21] A house in Belgrave Square is used for exterior shots.[22]
The series is set in fictional Downton Abbey, a Yorkshire country house, which is the home and seat of the Earl and Countess of Grantham, along with their three daughters and other
of Robert
family members. Each series follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family, their friends, and their servants during the reign of King George V. Crawley Filming locations The farm scenes in series two in which Lady Edith learns to drive a tractor as part of the war effort were filmed on location at the Chiltern Open Air Museum in
Downton Abbey filming locations Buckinghamshire.[23][24]
Downton Abbey [hide]
Explanatory notes and reference sources [show]
Crawley family tree Inveraray Castle in Argyll, Scotland, doubled as "Duneagle Castle" in the 2012 Christmas special.[25] Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap

i. Milevsky (2017) p.22 iii. Fellowes et al. (2012) p. 99–111 vi. Editors of LIFE (2016) p. 11 Map of some of the Downton Abbey filming
3rd Earl of Countess of "...Downton Abbey, one of the main characters is Robert Crawley, the 7th "Mrs Isidore Levinson. Mother of the Countess of Grantham" "Martha is "Because Lord Grantham has no male heirs, upon his death the estate Greys Court near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire was used as the family's secondary property, which they proposed moving into and calling "Downton Place" locations
Grantham[i] Grantham due to financial difficulties in series three. Also in the third series, Bates's prison scenes were filmed at Lincoln Castle in Lincolnshire.
Earl of Grantham, which you will note is rank number three in nobility. His rich". "Even Martha's own daughter does not seem entirely comfortable and title are set to fall to his cousin, James Crawley. However, James's
(deceased) (deceased)
(fictitious) father would have been the 6th Earl of Grantham, his around her. Cora is not exactly cowed by her mother, but..."[familytree 2] son Patrick, is meant to marry Mary, which will keep the estate in Robert's
grandfather 5th, and so on."[familytree 9] family"[familytree 5]
Horsted Keynes railway station in Sussex is used as Downton station.[26] The station is part of the heritage Bluebell Railway. St Pancras station in London doubled for King's Cross station in episode one of
iv. Fellowes (2015) p. 234
series four, in the scene where Lady Edith Crawley meets her lover Michael Gregson.[27] The restaurant scene where Lady Edith meets Michael Gregson and where they share their kiss was filmed at the
ii. Joseph (2016) p.31 "Not only was Isobel's late husband, Reginald Crawley, a doctor, but she vii. Irwin (2016) p. 35
The Hon
4th Earl of Countess of Highclere Castle, Byfleet Manor, Surrey Bampton, Oxfordshire St Mary's Bampton Library, Churchgate House (the Kingston Bagpuize Bridgewater House, Criterion Restaurant in Piccadilly Circus which was originally opened in 1874.[28]
Mr wife "[M]aggie Smith plays Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess and herself had training as a nurse." "She comes from a proud line of medical "Mary's Aunt, the Lady Rosamund Painswick, obtains information on
Grantham[i] Grantham Hampshire (the Dower House) (Downton village) Church, Bampton old rectory), Bampton House, Westminster, London
Crawley (deceased) matriarch of the Crawley family..." "Cora, suggests to Violet's practitioners – her father, Sir John Turnbull was a surgeon". [familytree 4] Lavinia..."[familytree 6]
(deceased) (deceased) Bridgewater House in the St James area of London served as the family's London home. Outdoor scenes are filmed in the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire. Notable locations include St Mary's the Virgin
(deceased) granddaughter Mary, that Mary pursue and marry the new heir..." v. Barkman et al. (2015) p.57 viii. Fellowes - 2015 - p. 445 (Downton Abbey, interior Bampton (Downton Cottage (Crawley House) Oxfordshire (Grantham House)
Church and the library, which served as the entrance to the cottage hospital. The old rectory in Bampton is used for exterior shots of Isobel Crawley's house, with interior scenes filmed at Hall Barn, Hall Place
[familytree 1] and exterior) (St Michael and Hospital) (Cavenham Park)
"Matthew's mother, Mrs Crawley, is an altogether contrary study in "The older sister of Robert, Rosamund, lives in London in the house she
All Angels, near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, featured as Loxley House, the home of Sir Anthony Strallan.[29]
manners and respect."[familytree 3] inherited from her late husband, Sir Marmaduke Painswick."[familytree 7]
Mr Crawley wife 5th Earl of Countess of Downton)
Parts of series four were filmed at The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent – The Tarred Yarn Store was used in episode one as a workhouse where Mrs Hughes (Phyllis Logan) visits Mr Grigg (Nicky Henson)
and in episode two, streets at The Historic Dockyard Chatham were used for the scenes where Lady Rose MacClare (Lily James) is at the market with James Kent (Ed Speleers) watching her.[30] The production

had previously filmed in Kent for series one where the opening sequence of a train going through the countryside was filmed at the Kent & East Sussex Railway.[31] Australia and New Zealand character development in Downton. Writing in The Sunday Times, A. A. Gill said that the show is "everything I despise and despair of on British television: National Trust sentimentality, costumed comfort
drama that flogs an embarrassing, demeaning, and bogus vision of the place I live in."[9]
Other filming locations for series four include the ballroom of The Savile Club in Mayfair, London.[32] In Australia, the first series was broadcast on the Seven Network beginning on 29 May 2011;[53] the second series was broadcast beginning on 20 May 2012;[54] and the third series beginning on 10 February
Sam Wollaston of The Guardian said,
2013.[55] In New Zealand, Prime began airing the first series on 10 May 2011, the second series on 18 October 2011 and the third series on 18 October 2012.[56]
Scenes for the 2013 Christmas special were filmed at Royal Holloway, University of London near Egham, Surrey, West Wittering beach in West Sussex and Berkshire's Basildon Park near Streatley. Lancaster
House in London stood in for Buckingham Palace.[33][34]
It's beautifully made—handsome, artfully crafted and acted. Smith, who plays the formidable and disdainful Dowager Countess, has a lovely way of delivering words, always spaced to perfection.
Ireland
Alnwick Castle, in Northumberland, was the filming location used for Brancaster Castle in the 2014 and 2015 Christmas specials, which included filming in Alnwick Castle's State Rooms, as well as on the This is going to be a treat if you like a lavish period drama of a Sunday evening.[76]
castle's grounds, and at the nearby semi-ruined Hulne Abbey on the Duke of Northumberland's parklands in Alnwick.[35]
In Ireland, independent television channel TV3 aired the first series in January and February 2011.[57]
In series five and six, Kingston Bagpuize House in Oxfordshire was used as the location for Cavenham Park, the home of Lord Merton.[36] In series six, the scenes of motor racing at Brooklands were filmed at While rumoured due to the departure of actor Dan Stevens, the death of Matthew Crawley in the 2012 Christmas special drew criticism.[77][78] Fellowes defended the decision stating that they 'didn't really have
the Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex. In 2015, Wayfair.co.uk published a map of 70+ Downton Abbey filming locations.[37] an option' once Stevens decided to leave.[78] Stevens later said that he had no say in the manner of his character's departure but that he was 'sorry' his character had died on Christmas Day.[79]
Denmark
The 2019 film of Downton Abbey uses many of the television locations such as Highclere Castle and Bampton, as well as exterior shots filmed at Beamish Museum.[38] The North York Moors Railway was used The third episode of the fourth series, which aired on 6 October 2013, included a warning at the beginning: "T
The ITV series aired in the Nordic 13th Street made by NBCUniversal International Networks on 24 January 2011.
for railway scenes.[39]

Austria
Opening theme music
Paramount Channel aired this series beginning on 20 August 2012.
The opening music of Downton Abbey, titled "Did I Make the Most of Loving You?",[40] was composed by John Lunn.[41]

A suite version was released on the soundtrack for the show on 19 September 2011 in the UK and later in the US on 13 December 2011. The soundtrack also included the song performed by singer Mary-Jess France
Leaverland,[42] with lyrics written by Don Black.[43]
Downton Abbey was broadcast on Universal Channel in France beginning in December 2010.
Broadcasts
Reception
The rights to broadcast Downton Abbey have been acquired in over 220 countries and territories, and the series has been viewed by a global audience of an estimated 120 million people.[44]

Critical response
United Kingdom H m m
At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the first series received an average score of 91, based on 16 reviews, Metacritic ratings per series
The series first aired on the ITV network in the United Kingdom beginning on 26 September 2010, and received its first Britain-wide broadcast when shown on ITV3 beginning in February 2011. which indicates "universal acclaim".[64] This result earned the show a Guinness World Record in 2011 for "Highest critical review ratings for a TV show", Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Series 5 Series 6 m
STV, the ITV franchisee in central and northern Scotland (including the Orkney and Shetland islands), originally opted out of showing Downton Abbey, choosing instead to screen a brand-new six-part series making Downton Abbey the critically best received TV show in the world.[65] Season 4 of Breaking Bad surpassed Downton Abbey's record later in the Rating 91[58] 85[59] 83[60] 72[61] 75[62] 76[63]
of Taggart, following a long practice of opting out of networked United Kingdom-wide programming on the ITV network.[45] This led to backlash from Scottish viewers, who were frustrated at not being able to year, with a score of 96, making the first series of Downton Abbey the second highest rated show of 2011.[66]
watch the programme. Many viewers with satellite or cable television tuned into other regional stations of the ITV network, for example ITV London, with viewing figures showing this is also commonplace for
The series has been noted for its relatively sympathetic portrayal of the aristocratic family and the class-based society of early 20th century Britain. This has led to criticism from the political left and praise
other ITV programmes.[46] STV announced in July 2011 that it would show the first and second series of Downton Abbey as part of its autumn schedule.[47] Scottish cast members Phyllis Logan and Iain Glen
from the right.[67] James Fenton wrote in The New York Review of Books, "it is noticeable that the aristocrats in the series, even the ones who are supposed to be the most ridiculous, never lapse into the most
were both quoted as being pleased with the decision.[48] offensive kind of upper-class drawl one would expect of them. Great care has been taken to keep them pleasant and approachable, even when the things they say are sometimes shown to be class-bound and
unfeeling."[68] Jerry Bowyer argued in Forbes that the sympathy for aristocracy is over-stated, and that the show is simply more balanced than most period dramas, which he believes have had a tendency to
United States demonise or ridicule upper class characters. He wrote that Downton Abbey shows "there is no inherent need for good TV to be left of center. Stories sympathetic to virtue, preservation of property and
admiration of nobility and of wealth can be told beautifully and to wide audiences."[67]
In the United States, Downton Abbey was first broadcast in January 2011 on PBS, as part of the 40th season of Masterpiece.[49] The programme was aired in four 90-minute episodes, controversially requiring
Downton Abbey has been a commercial success and received general acclaim from critics, although some criticise it as superficial, melodramatic or unrealistic. Others defend these qualities as the reason for
PBS to alter the beginning and endpoints of each episode and make other small changes, slightly altering each episode's structure to fit the programme precisely into the allotted running-time.[50][a][b] PBS also
the show's appeal. David Kamp wrote in Vanity Fair that "melodrama is an uncool thing to trade in these days, but then, that's precisely why Downton Abbey is so pleasurable. In its clear delineation between
added a host (Laura Linney), who introduced each episode, explaining matters such as "the entail" and "Buccaneers"[c] for the benefit of US viewers, which was labelled by some American critics as
condescending.[50] PBS editing for broadcasts in the United States continued in the subsequent seasons.[51] The final and sixth season aired in 2016. PBS continued to repeat episodes until 2020, when NBC
the goodies and the baddies, in its regulated dosages of highs and lows, the show is welcome counter-programming to the slow-burning despair and moral ambiguity of most quality drama on television right Aw n n mn n
now."[9] In September 2019, The Guardian, which ranked the show 50th on its list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century, stated that the show "was TV drama as comfort blanket: at a time of austerity,
Universal took over the US broadcasting rights for its streaming service Peacock. The series became available on Netflix in 2021. The series also aired on the E! network in 2022.
Julian Fellowes's country house epic offered elegantly realised solace in the homilies of the past".[69] Mary McNamara of Los Angeles Times wrote, "Possibly the best series of the year."[70] Jill Serjeant of
Reuters wrote, "There's a new darling in U.S. pop culture."[71] The staff of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "It's the biggest PBS phenomenon since Sesame Street."[72] David Hinckley of New York Daily News
Canada wrote, "Maintains its magic touch."[73]

James Parker, writing in The Atlantic, said, "Preposterous as history, preposterous as drama, the show succeeds magnificently as bad television. The dialogue spins light-operatically along in the service of
In Canada, VisionTV began airing the programme on 7 September 2011; CBC Television repeated the whole series in 2021; Downton Abbey was aired in French on Ici Radio-Canada Télé.[52]
multiplying plotlets, not too hard on the ear, although now and again a line lands like a tray of dropped spoons. The acting is superb—it has to be."[74] Ben W. Heineman Jr. compared the series unfavourably to
Brideshead Revisited, writing "Downton Abbey is entertainment. Its illustrious predecessor in television mega-success about the English upper class, Brideshead Revisited, is art."[75] He noted the lack of

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ISBN 978-1-250-00634-9. OCLC 727704121 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727704121). Retrieved 25 October 2015. The companion book to the first and second series. Includes an extensive further
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▪ Fellowes, Julian (2013). Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts: Season One (https://books.google.com/books?id=i4AFu8nxsiEC). New York: William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-06-223831-3. OCLC 795761131
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ISBN 978-0-89480-939-2. OCLC 243431665 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/243431665). Gives a background on the preceding period, especially for Cora, Countess of Grantham, who is one of the
"Buccaneers". Reprinted as:
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ISBN 978-0-7611-7195-9. OCLC 779399305 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779399305). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
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▪ Coberly, Daniel (2019). Sovereigns, Dynasties, and Nobility. ISBN 978-1733945813.
External links
▪ Downton Abbey (https://www.stv.tv/downtonabbey) at stv.tv
▪ Downton Abbey (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Downton-Abbey) on Britannica encyclopedia (https://www.britannica.com/)
▪ Downton Abbey (https://www.itv.com/downtonabbey) at itv.com
▪ DA CS ITV Official Press Pack (http://www.itv.com/documents/pdf/DOWNTON_ABBEY_PRESS_S2_XMAS_Lores.pdf)
▪ Downton Abbey (http://www.emmys.com/shows/downton-abbey) at Emmys.com
▪ Downton Abbey (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/index.html) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20161230163510/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/index.htm
l) 30 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine on PBS Masterpiece
▪ Downton Abbey (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/) at IMDb
▪ Downton Abbey (http://epguides.com/DowntonAbbey) at epguides.com
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Downton_Abbey&oldid=1167017402"
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Further reading
▪ Fellowes, Jessica; Sturgis, Matthew (2012). The Chronicles of Downton Abbey. Foreword by Julian Fellowes, photography by Joss Barratt, Nick Briggs, and Giles Keyte. London, UK: Collins.
ISBN 978-0-00-745325-2. OCLC 811576487 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/811576487). The companion book covering the characters, through the early part of the third series.