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Downton Abbey
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Sunday, November 8
A Moorland Holiday
Season 5 · Episode 9
It's the early autumn of 1924 and Rose's father-in-law Lord Sinderby has rented Brancaster Castle in Northumberland and invited the Crawleys to a grouse-shooting party. However, the Sinderbys' butler Stowell (guest star Alun Armstrong, New Tricks) has an axe to grind and a scandalous secret threatens to derail the holiday. Back at Downton, the servants hold the fort and unlikely later-life romances abound, while Bates takes drastic measures to clear Anna's name as she faces an uncertain future behind bars. The seasons change and another Christmas is enjoyed at the Abbey, where a heartbreaking farewell and a joyful reunion take place. Feature-length festive special, starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, James Faulkner, Penny Downie, Joanne Froggatt and Brendan Coyle
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- Maggie Smith — Actor as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
- Hugh Bonneville — Actor as Robert, Earl of Grantham
- Laura Carmichael — Actor as Lady Edith Crawley
- Jim Carter — Actor as Mr Carson
- Raquel Cassidy — Actor as Baxter
- Brendan Coyle — Actor as John Bates
- Michelle Dockery — Actor as Lady Mary Crawley
- Kevin Doyle — Actor as Molesley
- Joanne Froggatt — Actor as Anna
- Lily James — Actor as Lady Rose
- Robert James-Collier — Actor as Thomas
- Allen Leech — Actor as Tom Branson
- 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
- Penelope Wilton — Actor as Isobel Crawley
- Alun Armstrong — Actor as Stowell
- James Faulkner — Actor as Lord Sinderby
- Penny Downie — Actor as Lady Sinderby
- Matt Barber — Actor as Atticus Aldridge
- Sue Johnston — Actor as Miss Denker
- Jeremy Swift — Actor as Spratt
- Douglas Reith — Actor as Lord Merton
- Rade Sherbedgia — Actor as Prince Kuragin
- Jane Lapotaire — Actor as Princess Irina
- Jonathan Coy — Actor as George Murray
- Sebastian Dunn — Actor as Charlie Rogers
- Harry Hadden-Paton — Actor as Bertie Pelham
- Alice Patten — Actor as Diana Clark
- Michael Fox — Actor as Andy
- Hannah Wood — Actor as Brancaster kitchen maid
- Gareth Neame — Executive producer
- Nigel Marchant — Executive producer
- Julian Fellowes — Executive producer
- Liz Trubridge — Executive producer
- Rebecca Eaton — Executive producer
- Chris Croucher — Producer
- Minkie Spiro — Director
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