Downton Abbey: Season 1 | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

Downton Abbey?a sprawling, lavish Edwardian mansion and park nestled in the lush North Yorkshire landscape?needs an heir. Dame Maggie Smith turns in a show-stopping performance as Violet, the charmingly stubborn Dowager Countess of Grantham, matriarch of Downton and the irrefutable authority on everything. Hugh Bonneville stars as her son, the stoic, unflappable Earl of Grantham; Elizabeth McGovern plays his far-sighted American wife, Cora; and a star-studded cast round out the glittering, gossipy, and beguiling men and women of this epic tale from Academy Award?-winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park).

Pitting hundreds of years of British aristocracy against the tides of social upheaval and technical progress, under the looming shadow of World War I, will the fate of Downton and its family?above and below stairs?be resolved? Or will life be altered so dramatically that its master no longer matters?

Production Year:

2010

Released:

Tue, 01/11/2011

Run Time Minutes:

360

Rating:

Genres:

Drama

Genres:

Television

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

16x9-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

Resolution:

720x1280 HiRez

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

2-Channel Stereo

Actors:

Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Actors:

Jessica Brown-Findlay - Lady Sybil Crawley

Actors:

Laura Carmichael - Lady Edith Crawley

Actors:

Jim Carter - Mr. Carson

Actors:

Brendan Coyle - John Bates

Actors:

Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary Crawley

Actors:

Siobhan Finneran - Sara O'Brien

Actors:

Joanne Froggatt - Anna

Actors:

Thomas Howes - William

Actors:

Rob James-Collier - Thomas

Actors:

Rose Leslie - Gwen

Actors:

Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes

Actors:

Elizabeth McGovern - Cora, Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Sophie McShera - Daisy

Actors:

Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Patmore

Actors:

Maggie Smith - Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Dana Stevens - Matthew Crawley

Actors:

Penelope Wilton - Isobel Crawley

Actors:

Charlie Cox - Duke of Crowborogh

Actors:

Jonathan Coy - George Murray

Actors:

Lionel Guyett - Taylor

Actors:

Jonathan Jaynes - Postmaster

Actors:

Perry Millward - Paperboy

Actors:

Helen Sheals - Postmaster's Wife

Actors:

Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Actors:

Jessica Brown-Findlay - Lady Sybil Crawley

Actors:

Laura Carmichael - Lady Edith Crawley

Actors:

Jim Carter - Mr. Carson

Actors:

Brendan Coyle - John Bates

Actors:

Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary Crawley

Actors:

Siobhan Finneran - Sara O'Brien

Actors:

Joanne Froggatt - Anna

Actors:

Thomas Howes - William

Actors:

Rob James-Collier - Thomas

Actors:

Rose Leslie - Gwen

Actors:

Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes

Actors:

Elizabeth McGovern - Cora, Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Sophie McShera - Daisy

Actors:

Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Patmore

Actors:

Maggie Smith - Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Dana Stevens - Matthew Crawley

Actors:

Penelope Wilton - Isobel Crawley

Actors:

Kevin Doyle - Molesley

Actors:

Lionel Guyett - Taylor

Actors:

Charles Grigg - Nicky Henson

Actors:

John Drake - Fergus O'Donnell

Actors:

David Robb - Dr Clarkson

Actors:

Cathy Sara - Mrs Drake

Actors:

Andrew Westfield - Lynch

Actors:

Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Actors:

Jessica Brown-Findlay - Lady Sybil Crawley

Actors:

Laura Carmichael - Lady Edith Crawley

Actors:

Jim Carter - Mr. Carson

Actors:

Brendan Coyle - John Bates

Actors:

Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary Crawley

Actors:

Siobhan Finneran - Sara O'Brien

Actors:

Joanne Froggatt - Anna

Actors:

Thomas Howes - William

Actors:

Rob James-Collier - Thomas

Actors:

Rose Leslie - Gwen

Actors:

Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes

Actors:

Elizabeth McGovern - Cora, Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Sophie McShera - Daisy

Actors:

Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Patmore

Actors:

Maggie Smith - Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Dana Stevens - Matthew Crawley

Actors:

Penelope Wilton - Isobel Crawley

Actors:

Lionel Guyett - Taylor

Actors:

Theo James - Kemal Pamuk

Actors:

Roger Morlidge - Artificial Limbs Man

Actors:

Brendan Patricks - Evelyn Napier

Actors:

Helen Sheals - Postmistress

Actors:

Andrew Westfield - Lynch

Actors:

Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Actors:

Jessica Brown-Findlay - Lady Sybil Crawley

Actors:

Laura Carmichael - Lady Edith Crawley

Actors:

Jim Carter - Mr. Carson

Actors:

Brendan Coyle - John Bates

Actors:

Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary Crawley

Actors:

Siobhan Finneran - Sara O'Brien

Actors:

Joanne Froggatt - Anna

Actors:

Thomas Howes - William

Actors:

Rob James-Collier - Thomas

Actors:

Rose Leslie - Gwen

Actors:

Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes

Actors:

Elizabeth McGovern - Cora, Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Sophie McShera - Daisy

Actors:

Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Patmore

Actors:

Maggie Smith - Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Dana Stevens - Matthew Crawley

Actors:

Penelope Wilton - Isobel Crawley

Actors:

Kevin Doyle - Molesley

Actors:

Bill Fellows - Joe Burns

Actors:

Elizabeth Hill - Nurse

Actors:

Allen Leech - Tom Branson

Actors:

Martin Reeve - Clerk

Actors:

David Robb - Dr Clarkson

Actors:

Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Actors:

Jessica Brown-Findlay - Lady Sybil Crawley

Actors:

Laura Carmichael - Lady Edith Crawley

Actors:

Jim Carter - Mr. Carson

Actors:

Brendan Coyle - John Bates

Actors:

Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary Crawley

Actors:

Siobhan Finneran - Sara O'Brien

Actors:

Joanne Froggatt - Anna

Actors:

Thomas Howes - William

Actors:

Rob James-Collier - Thomas

Actors:

Rose Leslie - Gwen

Actors:

Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes

Actors:

Elizabeth McGovern - Cora, Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Sophie McShera - Daisy

Actors:

Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Patmore

Actors:

Maggie Smith - Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Dana Stevens - Matthew Crawley

Actors:

Penelope Wilton - Isobel Crawley

Actors:

Robert Bathurst - Sir Anthony Strallan

Actors:

Colin R. Campbell - Man at Smithy

Actors:

Kevin Doyle - Molesley

Actors:

Bernard Gallagher - Bill Molesley

Actors:

Dean Williamson - Farmer

Actors:

Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Actors:

Jessica Brown-Findlay - Lady Sybil Crawley

Actors:

Laura Carmichael - Lady Edith Crawley

Actors:

Jim Carter - Mr. Carson

Actors:

Brendan Coyle - John Bates

Actors:

Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary Crawley

Actors:

Siobhan Finneran - Sara O'Brien

Actors:

Joanne Froggatt - Anna

Actors:

Thomas Howes - William

Actors:

Rob James-Collier - Thomas

Actors:

Rose Leslie - Gwen

Actors:

Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes

Actors:

Elizabeth McGovern - Cora, Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Sophie McShera - Daisy

Actors:

Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Patmore

Actors:

Maggie Smith - Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Dana Stevens - Matthew Crawley

Actors:

Penelope Wilton - Isobel Crawley

Actors:

Robert Bathurst - Sir Anthony Strallan

Actors:

Kate Bowes Renna

Actors:

Greg Hobbs

Actors:

Jamie De Courcey - Liberal Candidate

Actors:

Mark Kelly - Thug

Actors:

Allen Leech - Tom Branson

Actors:

Gerard McDermott - High Sherriff

Actors:

Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Actors:

Jessica Brown-Findlay - Lady Sybil Crawley

Actors:

Laura Carmichael - Lady Edith Crawley

Actors:

Jim Carter - Mr. Carson

Actors:

Brendan Coyle - John Bates

Actors:

Michelle Dockery - Lady Mary Crawley

Actors:

Siobhan Finneran - Sara O'Brien

Actors:

Joanne Froggatt - Anna

Actors:

Thomas Howes - William

Actors:

Rob James-Collier - Thomas

Actors:

Rose Leslie - Gwen

Actors:

Phyllis Logan - Mrs. Hughes

Actors:

Elizabeth McGovern - Cora, Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Sophie McShera - Daisy

Actors:

Lesley Nicol - Mrs. Patmore

Actors:

Maggie Smith - Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Actors:

Dana Stevens - Matthew Crawley

Actors:

Penelope Wilton - Isobel Crawley

Actors:

Robert Bathurst - Sir Anthony Strallan

Actors:

Samantha Bond - Lady Rosamund Painswick

Actors:

Kevin Doyle - Molesley

Actors:

Richard Hawley - NCO

Actors:

Ian Kelly - Dr at Moorfields Hospital

Actors:

Allen Leech - Tom Banson

Actors:

Christine Lohr - Mrs Bird

Actors:

Sean McKenzie - Mr Bromidge

Actors:

Brendan Patricks - Evelyn Napier

Actors:

David Robb - Dr Clarkson

Actors:

Jane Wenham - Mrs. Bates