List of ‘Downton Abbey’ film,
TV franchise
Posted: June 2025
List of the “Downton Abbey” films and TV series, and awards. “Downton Abbey” was created by Julian Fellowes and aired as a TV series on PBS and Britain’s ITV, followed by 3 feature films in subsequent years. The series ran for 6 television seasons, 52 episodes. It features the aristocratic Crawley family from 1912 to 1926. Episodes aired on American PBS (Masterpiece Classic series) from 2011 to 2015 after premiering in Great Britain in late 2010.The series was filmed at Highclere Castle, Hampshire, and other locations. TV dates below are PBS airings in the United States. Episode and financial information sourced from the Internet Movie Database.
Julian Fellowes wrote all 52 TV episodes. Two other writers — Tina Pepler and Shelagh Stephenson — are credited with one episode each in the first season.
13 actors are credited with appearing in all 52 TV episodes: Maggie Smith (Violet Crawley), Hugh Bonneville (Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham), Elizabeth McGovern (Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary Crawley), Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith Crawley), Jim Carter (Charles Carson), Brendan Coyle (John Bates), Joanne Froggatt (Anna Bates), Phyllis Logan (Mrs. Hughes), Robert James-Collier (Thomas Barrow), Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore), Sophie McShera (Daisy Mason), Penelope Wilton (Isobel Crawley)
Other prominent actors in early seasons include Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley), 25 episodes; Jessica Brown Findlay (Lady Sybil Crawley/Lady Sybil Branson), 21 episodes; Siobhan Finneran (Sarah O’Brien), 25 episodes
Brian Percival, David Evans and Philip John each directed 6 TV episodes.
Credited executive producers for all 52 episodes are Julian Fellowes (showrunner); Liz Trubridge (producer/series producer); Gareth Neame; Rebecca Eaton (Masterpiece)
John Lunn was composer for 36 episodes.
TV
Season 1: 7 episodes Jan. 9-30, 2011, episodes run from 47 to 66 minutes (Multiple episodes aired on some nights)
Season 2: 9 episodes Jan. 8-Feb. 19, 2012, episodes run from 53 to 67 minutes, concluding with a 93-minute Christmas special (Multiple episodes aired on some nights)
Season 3: 9 episodes Jan. 6-Feb. 17, 2013, episodes run from 48 to 68 minutes, concluding with a 92-minute Christmas-related episode, “A Journey to the Highlands” (Multiple episodes aired on some nights)
Season 4: 9 episodes Jan. 5-Feb. 23, 2014, episodes run from 49 to 67 minutes, concluding with a 93-minute summer of 1923 episode titled “The London Season” (Multiple episodes aired on Jan. 5)
Season 5: 9 episodes Jan. 4-March 1, 2015, episodes run from 49 to 67 minutes, concluding with a 93-minute autumn of 1924 episode titled “A Moorland Holiday”
Season 6: 9 episodes Jan. 3-March 6, 2016; episodes run from 47 to 72 minutes, concluding with a 93-minute Christmas special
FILM
2019: Downton Abbey — Rated PG, 2 hours, 2 minutes, directed by Michael Engler, written by Julian Fellowes, starring Stephen Campbell Moore, Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith; budget estimated $13,000,000; worldwide gross, $194,694,725 (no Oscar nominations)
2022: Downton Abbey: A New Era — Rated PG, 2 hours, 4 minutes, directed by Simon Curtis, written by Julian Fellowes, starring Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Nathalie Baye; budget estimated $40,000,000; worldwide gross, $92,651,384 (no Oscar nominations)
Scheduled Sept. 12, 2025: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — 2 hours, 3 minutes, directed by Simon Curtis, written by Julian Fellowes, starring Joanne Froggatt, Phyllis Logan, Paul Giamatti, Joely Richardson, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern