Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey - Part One (Season One)
Airs Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBSTV
Credit: Courtesy of MASTERPIECE
Above: Promotional photo of the cast from "Downton Abbey." Created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes ("Gosford Park"), “Downton Abbey” depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in 1912.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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Meet The Characters
From the socialites to the servants, meet the residents and staff of "Downton Abbey" and the actors who portray them.
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Explore the real-life estate featured in "Downton Abbey" as well as other iconic Masterpiece locations from our 40-year history.
Created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes ("Gosford Park"), “Downton Abbey,” a four-part series, depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in 1912.
Featuring an all-star cast, including Hugh Bonneville (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Miss Austen Regrets”), Dame Maggie Smith ("Harry Potter") and Elizabeth McGovern. Laura Linney hosts.
In the first episode, when the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs and his daughter Mary loses her fiance, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a lowly lawyer with novel ideas about country life.
Part two will air on December 25, 2011 at 9 p.m., followed by part three at 10:30 p.m. Part four will air on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 9 p.m.
The first episode from season two is premiering on KPBS TV on January 8, 2012 at 9 p.m. Watch a preview of the exciting new season below.
Above: It is 1916, and World War I has shaken Downton Abbey to its very foundations. As a way of life is forever blasted apart, both heroes and villains struggle to survive and forge ahead. Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, and Elizabeth McGovern return with a stellar ensemble cast in the voraciously-anticipated season two of "Downton Abbey" from Primetime Emmy Award® winning writer Julian Fellowes.
For exclusive "Downton Abbey" video, images and news, visit our "Downton Abbey" destination page — the official US home for the series.
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Preview: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey - Part One
Above: Created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes ("Gosford Park"), "Downton Abbey" depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in 1912. Featuring an all-star cast, including Hugh Bonneville (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC "Miss Austen Regrets"), Dame Maggie Smith ("Harry Potter") and Elizabeth McGovern. Laura Linney hosts. In the first episode, when the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs and his daughter Mary loses her fiancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil.
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Series Trailer: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey
Above: MASTERPIECE's 40th anniversary season premieres with a quintessentially MASTERPIECE production, "Downton Abbey," an Edwardian-era spellbinder created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes ("Gosford Park"). Starring Hugh Bonneville ("Notting Hill"), Maggie Smith ("Harry Potter"), Elizabeth McGovern ("A Room with a View"), Dan Stevens ("Sense & Sensibility") and a country-house full of other great actors, the miniseries set audience records during its recent UK broadcast and was hailed as "a sumptuous, instantly riveting glimpse of a world—and family—on the verge of profound change" by the London Daily Telegraph.
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