Above: Promotional photo of the cast from "Downton Abbey."
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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.
In the final episode of season one, the heir crisis at Downton Abbey takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, rumors fly about Mary’s virtue. Her sister Sybil takes a risk in her secret political life. Anna unearths Bates’ mysterious past and O’Brien and Thomas plot their exit strategy.
This episode originally aired in 2011.
Up Next: All episodes from season two of "Downton Abbey" will rebroadcast beginning December 2nd through December 30, 2012.
*Season three will premiere in January 2013! Watch a preview below.
Above: Watch an interview with Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert, Earl of Grantham in "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.
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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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Preview: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey: Season Two
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.
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