Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey
Genre	Historical period drama
Created by	Julian Fellowes
Written by	Julian Fellowes Shelagh Stephenson Tina Pepler
Directed by	Brian Percival Ben Bolt Brian Kelly Andy Goddard James Strong Ashley Pearce
Starring	Hugh Bonneville Jessica Brown Findlay Samantha Bond Laura Carmichael Jim Carter Raquel Cassidy Brendan Coyle Tom Cullen Michelle Dockery Kevin Doyle Siobhan Finneran Michael Fox Joanne Froggatt Matthew Goode Harry Hadden-Paton Thomas Howes Lily James Robert James-Collier Allen Leech Rose Leslie Phyllis Logan Elizabeth McGovern Sophie McShera Matt Milne Lesley Nicol Amy Nuttall Julian Ovenden David Robb Andrew Scarborough Maggie Smith Ed Speleers Dan Stevens Cara Theobold Penelope Wilton
Opening theme	"Did I Make the Most of Loving You?"
Composer(s)	John Lunn
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Julian Fellowes Gareth Neame Rebecca Eaton
Producer(s)	Liz Trubridge (series producer) Nigel Marchant
Location(s)	Highclere Castle
Cinematography	David Katznelson (series 1) Gavin Struthers (series 2)
Editor(s)	John Wilson Steve Singleton Mike Jones
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	Regular episodes: 47–53 minutes Extended episodes: 64–72 minutes Christmas specials: 92–93 minutes (excluding advertisements)
Production company(s)	ITV Studios Carnival Films Masterpiece NBCUniversal WGBH Boston
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ITV (UK) PBS (US)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereophonic
Original release	26 September 2010 (2010-09-26) – 25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)
External links
Website

Downton Abbey is a historical period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece. It first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2010, and on PBS in the United States on 9 January 2011 as part of the Masterpiece Classic anthology.

The series, set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey between 1912 and 1925, depicts the lives of the Crawley family and their domestic 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 the First World War, the Spanish influenza pandemic, and the Marconi scandal in the second series; the Irish War of Independence leading to the formation of the Irish Free State in the third series; the Teapot Dome scandal in the fourth series; and the British general election of 1923, the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, and the Beer Hall Putsch in the fifth series. The final season introduces the rise of the working class during the interwar period and hints towards the eventual decline of the British aristocracy.

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