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War changes everything
Plot:
Beginning in the years leading up to World War I, the drama centers on the Crawley family and their servants. Full summary »
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Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 26 wins & 72 nominations See more »
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Completely captivating See more (84 total) »

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 23 of 60)

Elizabeth McGovern ... Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham (28 episodes, 2010-2013)

Lesley Nicol ... Mrs. Patmore (28 episodes, 2010-2013)

Hugh Bonneville ... Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Laura Carmichael ... Lady Edith Crawley (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Jim Carter ... Charles Carson (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Brendan Coyle ... John Bates (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Michelle Dockery ... Lady Mary Crawley (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Siobhan Finneran ... Sarah O'Brien (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Joanne Froggatt ... Anna Smith / ... (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Rob James-Collier ... Thomas Barrow (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Phyllis Logan ... Mrs. Hughes (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Sophie McShera ... Daisy Mason / ... (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Maggie Smith ... Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (27 episodes, 2010-2013)

Dan Stevens ... Matthew Crawley (25 episodes, 2010-2012)

Penelope Wilton ... Isobel Crawley (25 episodes, 2010-2012)

Allen Leech ... Tom Branson (22 episodes, 2010-2013)

Jessica Brown Findlay ... Lady Sybil Crawley / ... (20 episodes, 2010-2012)

Kevin Doyle ... Joseph Molesley (20 episodes, 2010-2013)

David Robb ... Dr. Clarkson (17 episodes, 2010-2012)

Amy Nuttall ... Ethel Parks (16 episodes, 2011-2012)

Ed Speleers ... Jimmy Kent (14 episodes, 2012-2013)

Thomas Howes ... William Mason (12 episodes, 2010-2011)

Matt Milne ... Alfred Nugent (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
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Series Directed by
Brian Percival (6 episodes, 2010-2012)
Andy Goddard (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Brian Kelly (4 episodes, 2010-2011)
David Evans (4 episodes, 2012-2013)
Ben Bolt (2 episodes, 2010)
Ashley Pearce (2 episodes, 2011)
James Strong (2 episodes, 2011)
Jeremy Webb (2 episodes, 2012)
Philip John (2 episodes, 2013)
 
Series Writing credits
Julian Fellowes (34 episodes, 2010-2013)

Series Produced by
Julian Fellowes .... executive producer (28 episodes, 2010-2013)
Gareth Neame .... executive producer (28 episodes, 2010-2013)
Liz Trubridge .... producer / series producer (28 episodes, 2010-2013)
Rebecca Eaton .... executive producer / executive producer: Masterpiece (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Charles Hubbard .... line producer (18 episodes, 2011-2012)
Nigel Marchant .... co-executive producer / producer (16 episodes, 2010-2012)
 
Series Original Music by
John Lunn (20 episodes, 2010-2012)
 
Series Cinematography by
Nigel Willoughby (11 episodes, 2011-2013)
Gavin Struthers (6 episodes, 2011)
David Katznelson (5 episodes, 2010)
David Marsh (4 episodes, 2010-2011)
Graham Frake (2 episodes, 2013)
 
Series Film Editing by
John Wilson (13 episodes, 2010-2012)
Al Morrow (4 episodes, 2012)
Alex Mackie (2 episodes, 2010)
Nick McPhee (2 episodes, 2010)
Mike Jones (2 episodes, 2011)
Steve Singleton (2 episodes, 2011)
 
Series Casting by
Jill Trevellick (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
 
Series Production Design by
Donal Woods (22 episodes, 2010-2013)
Charmian Adams (2 episodes, 2012)
 
Series Art Direction by
Mark Kebby (18 episodes, 2010-2012)
Charmian Adams (7 episodes, 2010)
Tim Blake (4 episodes, 2012)
James Collins (2 episodes, 2012)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Gina Cromwell (12 episodes, 2010-2012)
Judy Farr (8 episodes, 2011)
 
Series Costume Design by
Susannah Buxton (10 episodes, 2010-2011)
Rosalind Ebbutt (6 episodes, 2011)
Caroline McCall (5 episodes, 2012)
 
Series Makeup Department
Elaine Browne .... make up & hair artist / makeup artist (15 episodes, 2010-2011)
Gerda Lauciute .... make up & hair artist / makeup artist (15 episodes, 2010-2011)
Anne Oldham .... make up & hair designer / hair designer / ... (15 episodes, 2010-2011)
JoJo Dutton .... make up & hair assistant / makeup trainee (14 episodes, 2010-2011)
Christine Greenwood .... make up & hair supervisor / make-up and hair supervisor (9 episodes, 2010-2011)
Polly Fehily .... make up & hair artist (8 episodes, 2011)
Nadia Stacey .... makeup artist / assistant makeup artist (7 episodes, 2010)
Katie Lee .... daily hair/makeup (5 episodes, 2012)
Sue Newbould .... make up & hair artist (5 episodes, 2012)
Julio Cesar Parodi .... hair dresser (5 episodes, 2012)
Vanya Pell .... make up & hair supervisor (5 episodes, 2012)
Magi Vaughan .... make up & hair designer (5 episodes, 2012)
Victoria Bancroft .... prosthetic makeup artist (2 episodes, 2011)
 
Series Production Management
Jessica Rundle .... post-production supervisor (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
John Prendergast .... unit manager (8 episodes, 2010-2011)
Moira Brophy .... post-production supervisor (7 episodes, 2010)
Sarah Dibsdall .... production manager (7 episodes, 2010)
Holly Baird .... unit manager (5 episodes, 2012)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Danielle Bennett .... third assistant director / second assistant director (17 episodes, 2010-2012)
Chris Croucher .... second assistant director / first assistant director (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Timothy Wood .... crowd assistant director / third assistant director: second unit (8 episodes, 2012)
Charlie Reed .... second assistant director (7 episodes, 2010)
Tom Fenwick Smith .... third assistant director: second unit / second unit assistant director (7 episodes, 2010)
Phil Booth .... first assistant director (5 episodes, 2010-2011)
Eddie Williams .... third assistant director (4 episodes, 2012)
Sarah Hood .... second assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)
Tim Riddington .... first assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)
Nige Watson .... first assistant director (2 episodes, 2012)
 
Series Art Department
Chantelle Valentine .... assistant art director / art department assistant (29 episodes, 2010-2013)
Damian Butlin .... stand-by props (20 episodes, 2010-2012)
Chris Sibley-Hale .... stand-by carpenter / standby carpenter (20 episodes, 2010-2012)
Philippa Broadhurst .... stand-by art director / standby art director (16 episodes, 2010-2011)
Lucy Spofforth .... assistant art director (15 episodes, 2010-2011)
Charlie Johnson .... property master / dressing props (14 episodes, 2010-2012)
Barry Moll .... construction manager (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Charmian Adams .... supervising art director (11 episodes, 2011-2012)
Nick Wood .... supervising painter (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Steve Deane .... supervising carpenter (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Don Santos .... dressing props (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Steven Granger .... art department assistant (9 episodes, 2012)
Corina Burrough .... production buyer (8 episodes, 2011)
Tom Pleydell-Pearce .... property storeman / dressing props (7 episodes, 2010-2012)
Peter Graffham .... additional stand-by rigger (6 episodes, 2010)
Ian Murray .... hod rigger / stand-by rigger (6 episodes, 2010)
Mark Quigley .... stand-by props (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Netty Chapman .... stand-by art director (5 episodes, 2012)
Sue Morrison .... production buyer (5 episodes, 2012)
Andrew Forrest .... stand-by props (4 episodes, 2010-2011)
Neil McAllister .... stand-by props (4 episodes, 2011)
John Condron .... daily dressing props (4 episodes, 2012)
Tom Pleydell-Pierce .... property storeman (3 episodes, 2012)
 
Series Sound Department
Adam Armitage .... sound effects editor (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Stuart Bagshaw .... foley editor (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Nigel Heath .... re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Keith Partridge .... foley engineer (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Alex Sawyer .... dialogue editor (23 episodes, 2010-2012)
Barnaby Smyth .... foley artist (17 episodes, 2010-2012)
Lee Sharp .... second boom operator / sound assistant / ... (14 episodes, 2010-2011)
Chris Ashworth .... sound mixer (9 episodes, 2011)
Brian Milliken .... sound mixer / production sound mixer (9 episodes, 2012)
Jackson Milliken .... sound assistant (9 episodes, 2012)
Peter Eusebe .... sound maintenance (7 episodes, 2010)
Steve Hancock .... sound maintenance / boom operator (5 episodes, 2011)
Martin Ireland .... sound maintenance engineer (5 episodes, 2012)
Mark Holding .... sound mixer (4 episodes, 2010)
Tom Williams .... dialogue editor (4 episodes, 2011-2012)
Alex Fielding .... assistant re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 2010-2011)
John Rodda .... sound mixer (3 episodes, 2010)
James Harris .... sound maintenance (3 episodes, 2011)
Gareth Rhys Jones .... foley artist (3 episodes, 2012)
Jessica Ward .... dialogue editor (2 episodes, 2010)
 
Series Special Effects by
David Holt .... special effects technician (26 episodes, 2010-2013)
Edward Draycott .... special effects technician / special effects (7 episodes, 2010)
Jason Troughton .... special effects supervisor / special effects (7 episodes, 2010)
James Davis .... special effects (3 episodes, 2011)
Tom Goodman .... explosives engineer (2 episodes, 2011)
 
Series Visual Effects by
James D. Etherington .... visual effects supervisor: The Senate VFX (2 episodes, 2011)
 
Series Stunts
Andy Bradford .... stunt coordinator (5 episodes, 2010)
Kelly Dent .... stunt performer (4 episodes, 2010-2011)
Tom Lucy .... stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Julian Lightwing .... stunt performer / stunts (2 episodes, 2010)
James Cox .... stunt performer / stunt double: Thomas Howes (2 episodes, 2011)
Jamie Edgell .... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2011)
Paul Herbert .... stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2011)
Andreas Petrides .... stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2011)
William Willoughby .... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2011)
 
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Milos Moore .... focus puller / clapper loader (26 episodes, 2011-2013)
Phil Brookes .... gaffer / lighting gaffer (17 episodes, 2011-2012)
David Staton .... best boy / gaffer (17 episodes, 2011-2012)
Simon Fogg .... grip (14 episodes, 2010-2012)
Lee Howarth .... stand-by rigger (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Joanne Smith .... clapper loader / camera loader (11 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jon Beacham .... B camera operator / camera operator / ... (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Alan Walker .... electrician (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Bobby Williams .... grip (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
James Stormer .... digital imaging technician (9 episodes, 2011)
Scott Rodgers .... focus puller (8 episodes, 2011)
Richard Stoddard .... camera operator / steadicam / ... (8 episodes, 2011)
Liam McGill .... rigging gaffer (8 episodes, 2012)
Anna Benbow .... focus puller (7 episodes, 2010)
Nick Briggs .... stills photographer (7 episodes, 2010)
John Hanks .... sparks rigger (7 episodes, 2010)
Gabriel Hyman .... second assistant camera / clapper loader (7 episodes, 2010)
Richard Law .... sparks rigger (7 episodes, 2010)
Danny Madden .... sparks rigger (7 episodes, 2010)
Rupert Morency .... assistant grip (7 episodes, 2010)
Terry Richards .... sparks rigger (7 episodes, 2010)
Ian Rolfe .... sparks rigger (7 episodes, 2010)
Otto Stenov .... gaffer (7 episodes, 2010)
Aaron Walters .... best boy (7 episodes, 2010)
Martyn Welland .... electrician (7 episodes, 2011)
Tony Cardenas .... sparks rigger (6 episodes, 2010)
Les Mills .... supervising sparks rigger (6 episodes, 2010)
Xandy Sahla .... camera operator / steadicam operator (6 episodes, 2010)
Richard Blackmore .... electrician (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Adam Gillham .... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam / ... (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Joe Judge .... electrician (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Villing Chong .... dit tech / digital imaging technician (6 episodes, 2012)
Martin Conway .... electrician (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Tony O'Brien .... electrician (5 episodes, 2011)
Dean Thompson .... focus puller (5 episodes, 2011)
George Grieve .... focus puller (5 episodes, 2012)
Mark Dempsey .... digital imaging technician (4 episodes, 2012)
Alba Moran Ruiz .... clapper loader (4 episodes, 2012)
Paddy Blake .... camera operator / additional camera operator (3 episodes, 2010)
Dean Foard .... lighting technician (3 episodes, 2010)
David Hedges .... focus puller (3 episodes, 2011)
David Littlejohns .... grip (3 episodes, 2011)
Jeremy Hiles .... camera operator / camera operator/steadicam (2 episodes, 2010)
Tom Hyde .... electrician (2 episodes, 2012)
Matt Hains .... grip trainee (2 episodes, 2013)
 
Series Casting Department
Gemma Sykes .... casting associate (8 episodes, 2013)
 
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jason Gill .... wardrobe master / costume assistant / ... (17 episodes, 2010-2012)
Dulcie Scott .... costume supervisor (16 episodes, 2010-2012)
Alison Beard .... costume supervisor (9 episodes, 2011)
Susan Kulkarni .... costume trainee / costume assistant (9 episodes, 2011)
Caroline McCall .... assistant costume designer (8 episodes, 2010-2011)
Kathryn Blight .... costume stand-by (8 episodes, 2011)
Wyn Vaughan-Humphreys .... costume stand-by (8 episodes, 2011)
Joanne Mosley .... costume design assistant (7 episodes, 2011)
Imogen Hose .... costume maker (7 episodes, 2012)
Sally Crees .... costume assistant (6 episodes, 2010)
Sarah Touaibi .... crowd costume supervisor (5 episodes, 2011)
Emma Bevan .... costume stand-by (5 episodes, 2012)
Poli Kyriacou .... assistant to the costume designer (5 episodes, 2012)
Lizzie Craig .... costume maker (3 episodes, 2012)
Vicky Salway .... costume assistant / costume supervisor (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
 
Series Editorial Department
Clyde Kellett .... on-line editor (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Al Morrow .... assembly editor / assistant editor (17 episodes, 2010-2012)
Aidan Farrell .... colorist / colourist (14 episodes, 2010-2012)
Dan Crinnion .... assistant editor / assembly editor / ... (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Leon Wright .... trainee assistant editor (6 episodes, 2010)
Matthew Streatfield .... assistant editor (4 episodes, 2012)
Andrew Melhuish .... assistant editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Matthew Bate .... assistant editor (3 episodes, 2012)
 
Series Music Department
Alastair King .... conductor / orchestrator / ... (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Paul Golding .... music scoring mixer / music scoring engineer (16 episodes, 2010-2011)
 
Series Other crew
Alastair Bruce .... historical advisor (25 episodes, 2010-2012)
Claire Daxter .... script editor (21 episodes, 2010-2012)
Mark Ellis .... assistant location manager / location manager (21 episodes, 2010-2012)
Kimberley Hikaka .... production executive (20 episodes, 2010-2012)
Jonathan Houston .... production coordinator / assistant production co-ordinator / ... (20 episodes, 2010-2012)
John Prendergast .... assistant location manager / unit manager (17 episodes, 2010-2012)
Sam Symons .... script editor (16 episodes, 2010-2011)
Matthew Lawson .... assistant accountant (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Ciarron Clarkson .... floor runner (13 episodes, 2010-2011)
Oliver Cockerham .... assistant production coordinator (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Denis Wray .... production accountant (13 episodes, 2011-2012)
Samantha Choat .... floor runner (10 episodes, 2011-2012)
Alex Barrett .... production runner (9 episodes, 2011)
Lottie Birmingham .... floor runner (9 episodes, 2011)
Joe Payne .... floor runner (9 episodes, 2011)
Sam Barry-Parker .... floor runner (9 episodes, 2012)
Jake Cullen .... production runner (9 episodes, 2012)
Charlie Elson .... floor runner (9 episodes, 2012)
John Powell .... medical consultant / medical advisor (8 episodes, 2010-2012)
Diana Scrivener .... choreographer (8 episodes, 2011-2013)
Garry Marriott .... second medic / medic: second unit (8 episodes, 2011)
Jason Wheeler .... location manager (8 episodes, 2011)
Steven Greenwood .... floor runner / production assistant (7 episodes, 2010-2011)
James Custance .... production assistant / production runner (7 episodes, 2010)
Paul Hayes .... floor runner (7 episodes, 2010)
Sarah Lucraft .... production accountant (7 episodes, 2010)
Bettina Lyster .... production coordinator (7 episodes, 2010)
Richard May .... location manager (7 episodes, 2010)
Davina Pem .... assistant accountant (7 episodes, 2010)
Kate Selby .... floor runner (7 episodes, 2010)
Tom Milligan .... floor runner (7 episodes, 2012)
Sarah Garner .... script supervisor (6 episodes, 2010-2011)
Andy Young .... floor runner/stand in (6 episodes, 2010)
Vicki Howe .... script supervisor (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Aliboo Bradbury .... legal & business affairs (5 episodes, 2012)
Jessica Corlett .... floor runner: dailies / base runner (4 episodes, 2010-2011)
Taff Gillingham .... military advisor (4 episodes, 2011)
Peter Starling .... medical advisor (4 episodes, 2011)
Natalie Maloy .... additional runner (3 episodes, 2010)
Sam Donovan .... script supervisor (3 episodes, 2012)
Nicholas Kay .... floor runner (2 episodes, 2010)
Stephen Gallacher .... daily floor runner: daily (2 episodes, 2013)
 

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Also Known As:
"Masterpiece Classic" - USA (informal title)
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Runtime:
65 min (2 episodes, excluding commercials) | 48 min (5 episodes, excluding commercials)
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Certification:
Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | UK:12 | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:9 | Singapore:M18 (season 1) | Singapore:PG (season 2) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 3) | Finland:K-12 | Finland:K-7 (season 1) (DVD release)

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Trivia:
As a guest on "Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #19.88" (2012), Michelle Dockery revealed that, given her working class background, had she been affiliated in any way with society depicted in the story's time frame, she would most likely have been her housemaid Anna rather than the aristocratic Lady Mary Crawley she portrays so convincingly in the series.See more »
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Although Robert and Cora Crawley both have blue eyes, their daughter, Mary, has brown eyes. This was thought biologically impossible in the Davenport Model (1907), although not very common, two blue-eyed parents can produce children with brown eyes. Eye color is a complex trait that depends on the state of several interacting genes. The gene that usually decides the issue (blue eyes or brown eyes) is the OCA2 gene on chromosome 15. But it comes in different strengths. A person with a weak form of the OCA2 gene will have blue eyes. Likewise a person with a strong form will have brown eyes, but individuals also have other eye-color genes that each has a say in the final eye-color outcome. For example, if one of these lesser genes is strong, it can make the weak form (blue) of OCA2 work much more effectively - almost like the strong form (brown). Then the eye color may be brown. In fact, the resulting color can be any shade of brown, hazel, green or blue depending on the interactions.See more »
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57 out of 72 people found the following review useful.
Completely captivating, 16 January 2011
Author: robapacl from United States

I was hooked after the first five minutes and come heaven, hell or high water, I was going to see Downton Abbey twice, the second time to pick up the points which I knew would be too fast, and possibly convoluted, to follow the first time round. I have watched Masterpiece since the inaugural with Alistair Cooke, and I can't remember anything as engaging and entertaining as this. As a cousin of an English family with deep affection for the monarchy and respect for the aristocracy, my perspective is an odd mix of Democratic ideals, old-time Republican values and curiosity about and appreciation of the social structure which prevailed so long in England. Downton Abbey appears to present a very balanced depiction of the social, political, economic and historical forces which drove the lives and fortunes of the classes and produced strange and almost incomprehensible behavior to comply with an unwritten, all-pervasive code. I am completely fascinated by the events and reactions and what would appear to be almost puppet-like behavior on occasion. I pray for a sequel.

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