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Downton Abbey
12:25 pm - 1:55 pm Sunday, September 13
Downton Abbey
Season 1 · Episode 1
First episode of the costume drama set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, written by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes. The lives of the Crawley family and Downton Abbey's servants are changed for ever when the sinking of the Titanic leaves the estate without its heir and his son. The arrival of a new valet shocks the staff, who scheme to make his stay as short-lived as possible. Starring Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern
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- Maggie Smith — Actor as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
- Hugh Bonneville — Actor as Robert, Earl of Grantham
- Jessica Brown Findlay — Actor as Lady Sybil Crawley
- Laura Carmichael — Actor as Lady Edith Crawley
- Jim Carter — Actor as Mr Carson
- Brendan Coyle — Actor as John Bates
- Michelle Dockery — Actor as Lady Mary Crawley
- Siobhan Finneran — Actor as O'Brien
- Joanne Froggatt — Actor as Anna
- Thomas Howes — Actor as William
- Rob James-Collier — Actor as Thomas
- Rose Leslie — Actor as Gwen
- Phyllis Logan — Actor as Mrs Hughes
- Elizabeth McGovern — Actor as Cora, Countess of Grantham
- Sophie McShera — Actor as Daisy
- Lesley Nicol — Actor as Mrs Patmore
- Dan Stevens — Actor as Matthew Crawley
- Penelope Wilton — Actor as Isobel Crawley
- Charlie Cox — Actor as Duke of Crowborough
- Jonathan Coy — Actor as George Murray
- Lionel Guyett — Actor as Taylor
- Jonathan Jaynes — Actor as Postmaster
- Perry Millward — Actor as Paperboy
- Helen Sheals — Actor as Postmaster's wife
- Julian Fellowes — Writer
- Gareth Neame — Executive producer
- Rebecca Eaton — Executive producer
- Liz Trubridge — Series producer
- Nigel Marchant — Producer
- Brian Percival — Director
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