Downton Abbey is a British period drama television series set in the Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey. It depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with the great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy. Such events depicted throughout the series include news of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the first series; the outbreak of World War I, the Spanish influenza pandemic, and the Marconi scandal in the second series; and the Interwar period and the formation of the Irish Free State in the third series.

Directed by: Julian Fellowes

Writer credits: Julian Fellowes

Cast: Hugh Bonneville - Laura Carmichael - Jim Carter - Michelle Dockery - Joanne Froggatt

AKA: Masterpiece Classic

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