Downton Abbey - Season 1
A stately country house, a noble family, and a succession crisis are the backdrop for Downton Abbey. Lord Grantham sees his family heritage, especially the grand country home Downton Abbey, as his mission in life. The death of his heir aboard the Titanic means distant cousin Matthew Crawley, a Manchester lawyer, suddenly is next in line and accepts moving onto the vast estate with his even more modernist, socially engaged mother, who clashes with his lordship's domineering, conservative mother, the dowager countess. Marrying off the daughters is another concern.
1977, Sweden
7 June 1982, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
17 July 1985, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
1967, Lancashire, England, UK
28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex, England, UK
June 29, 2016
Very early on, it seemed the show was going to be an unapologetic ode to this type of living and the notion of noble masters and humble servants, but things proved to be more complicated than that.
June 29, 2016
There is no mystery about the potency of this series, slathered in wit, powered by storytelling of a high order.
June 29, 2016
The story is so smartly written by Fellowes, and the characters are so well-acted, that it all feels engagingly fresh - and poignant, too.
June 29, 2016
As a new year begins, viewers will be hard-pressed to find a more sumptuous, engaging drama than the Masterpiece Classic miniseries Downton Abbey.
June 29, 2016
Downton Abbey captures everything that viewers loved about Upstairs, Downstairs or Pride and Prejudice.
June 29, 2016
It's simply delicious fun.
June 29, 2016
Watching Downton Abbey is like curling up with a really satisfying book.
June 29, 2016
Downton Abbey will transfix viewers with a story, a feeling, a lifestyle that has proved to have limitless appeal.
June 29, 2016
It will satisfy the commoner in all of us, and for the toffs, Downton Abbey is as bracing as a good day's hunting.
June 29, 2016
Compulsively watchable from the get-go, Downton Abbey fulfills the Masterpiece designation more faithfully than just about anything else to grace the PBS showcase in years.
