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Downton Abbey
British television series (–)
This article is about the series. For the film, see Downton Abbey (film).
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 on ITV on 26 September and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January The show ran for fifty-two episodes across six series, including fem Christmas specials.
The series, set on the fictional Yorkshirecountry estate of Downton Abbey between and , depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic 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 sinking of the Titanic (first series); the outbreak of the First World War, the Spanish influenza pandemic and the Marconi
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About the Show
Downton Abbey, the award-winning series from Julian Fellowes, spanned 12 years of gripping drama centered on a great English estate on the cusp of a vanishing way of life. The series followed the Granthams and their family of servants through sweeping change, scandals, love, ambition, heartbreak, and hope.
All six seasons of Downton Abbey aired on MASTERPIECE on PBS from The stellar cast ensemble cast featured Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle, Allen Leech, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nichol, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Rob James-Collier and Kevin Doyle among many others.
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