Downton Abbey
The Crawleys have been the Earls of Grantham since 1772. In the drawing rooms and library and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above. Some of them are loyal to the family and are committed to Downton as a way of life, others are moving through, on the look out for new opportunities or love or just adventure. The difference being that they know so many of the secrets of the family, while the family knows so few of theirs...
Dame Maggie Smith | Violet Crawley / Dowager Countess of Grantham | |
Jim Carter | Charles Carson | |
Elizabeth McGovern | Cora Crawley / Countess of Grantham | |
Hugh Bonneville | Robert Crawley / Earl of Grantham | |
Penelope Wilton | Isobel Crawley | |
Dan Stevens | Matthew Crawley | |
Michelle Dockery | Lady Mary Crawley | |
Brendan Coyle | John Bates | |
Phyllis Logan | Mrs. Hughes | |
Joanne Froggatt | Anna Smith | |
Lesley Nicol | Mrs. Patmore | |
Rose Leslie | Gwen Dawson | |
Sophie McShera | Daisy Robinson | |
Robert James-Collier | Thomas Barrow | |
Laura Carmichael | Lady Edith Crawley | |
Jessica Brown Findlay | Lady Sybil Crawley | |
Siobhan Finneran | Sarah O'Brien | |
Thomas Howes | William Mason | |
Kevin Doyle | Joseph Molesley | |
Peter Agnelli | Villager | |
Allen Leech | Tom Branson | |
Robert Bathurst | Sir Anthony Strallan | |
David Robb | Dr. Clarkson | |
Lionel Guyett | Taylor | |
Andrew Westfield | Lynch |
Director | Brian Percival | |
Ben Bolt | ||
Brian Kelly | ||
Writer | Julian Fellowes, Shelagh Stephenson, Tina Pepler | |
Producer | Rebecca Eaton, Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge | |
Musician | John Lunn | |
Photography | David Katznelson, David Marsh |
April 1912 . The family and staff of Downton are shocked when they find that the heir to the title and fiancé of the Earl's daughter Mary perished on the Titanic, and the Earl hires a crippled army comrade as valet.
September 1912. The new legal heir to Downton, lawyer Matthew Crawley, arrives with his mother, Isobel, to live on the estate. However, they are resented as usurpers and interlopers by both upstairs and downstairs.
Gwen's ambitions to leave service and become a secretary are discouraged, Bates takes painful steps to overcome his limp, and a dashing Turkish diplomat visiting Downton seems to work his charms on everyone - especially Mary.
Mrs. Hughes is reunited with an old beau, now a widower proposing marriage, and the Countess hires Matthew Crawley to see if the will can be broken and disagrees with his mother on a diagnosis.
Bates sees Thomas stealing a bottle of wine, the footman tries to frame him for petty theft, and Mrs. Crawley tries to convince the Dowager Countess to surrender her annual entitlement prize for best bloom in the village.
O'Brien and Thomas continue their efforts to frame Bates, Mary falls in love with Matthew, and Sybil is injured in a political disturbance and Branson is blamed.
July 1914. Mary learns it was Edith who informed the ambassador know about Pamuk's death, Cora announces her pregnancy, and Thomas and O'Brien hatch new slanders against Bates as war clouds loom.
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Added Date | Jun 14, 2013 15:42:20 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:32:16 |
Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
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Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Stereo [English] |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
Edition Release Date | Jan 25, 2011 |