Downton Abbey
Drama
ITV
Series
Creator
Julian Fellowes
Director
Minkie Spiro
Starring
Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Lily James & Elizabeth McGovern
Synopsis
Multi award-winning British period drama written by Lord Julian Fellowes. The series is set in the fictional ‘Downton Abbey’, the Yorkshire stately home of the Earl and Countess of Grantham, and follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants.
Downton Abbey became the most successful British costume drama series since Brideshead Revisited. By the third series it had become one of the most widely watched television shows in the world.
Awards
Awards include 44 Primetime Emmy’s and multiple Golden Globes. Bafta’s, a National Television Award for Best Drama.