Downton Abbey: Season 1 (2010) - Credits and Details

Downton Abbey: Season 1 Credits and Details

Episodes
	Episode #1.1 April 1912 . The family and staff of Downton are shocked when they find that the heir to the title and fiancé of the Earl's daughter Mary perished on the...	January 9, 2011
	Episode #1.2 September 1912. The new legal heir to Downton, lawyer Matthew Crawley, arrives with his mother, Isobel, to live on the estate. However, they are resented as usurpers...	January 9, 2011
	Episode #1.3 Gwen's ambitions to leave service and become a secretary are discouraged, Bates takes painful steps to overcome his limp, and a dashing Turkish diplomat visiting...	January 16, 2011
	Episode #1.4 Mrs. Hughes is reunited with an old beau, now a widower proposing marriage, and the Countess hires Matthew Crawley to see if the will can be broken and disagrees with...	January 16, 2011
	Episode #1.5 Bates sees Thomas stealing a bottle of wine, the footman tries to frame him for petty theft, and Mrs. Crawley tries to convince the Dowager Countess to surrender her...	January 23, 2011
	Episode #1.6 O'Brien and Thomas continue their efforts to frame Bates, Mary falls in love with Matthew, and Sybil is injured in a political disturbance and Branson is blamed.	January 23, 2011
	Episode #1.7 July 1914. Mary learns it was Edith who informed the ambassador know about Pamuk's death, Cora announces her pregnancy, and Thomas and O'Brien hatch new slanders...	January 30, 2011

Directed by
	Brian Percival
	Ben Bolt
	Brian Kelly
Written by
	Julian Fellowes	...	written and created by
	Shelagh Stephenson	...	written by
	Tina Pepler	...	written by
Cast
	Hugh Bonneville	...	Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (7 episodes)
	Jessica Brown Findlay	...	Lady Sybil Crawley (7 episodes)
	Laura Carmichael	...	Lady Edith Crawley (7 episodes)
	Jim Carter	...	Charles Carson (7 episodes)
	Brendan Coyle	...	John Bates (7 episodes)
	Michelle Dockery	...	Lady Mary Crawley (7 episodes)
	Siobhan Finneran	...	Sarah O'Brien (7 episodes)
	Joanne Froggatt	...	Anna Smith (7 episodes)
	Thomas Howes	...	William Mason (7 episodes)
	Robert James-Collier	...	Thomas Barrow (7 episodes) (as Rob James-Collier)
	Rose Leslie	...	Gwen Dawson (7 episodes)
	Phyllis Logan	...	Mrs. Hughes (7 episodes)
	Elizabeth McGovern	...	Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham (7 episodes)
	Sophie McShera	...	Daisy Robinson (7 episodes)
	Lesley Nicol	...	Mrs. Patmore (7 episodes)
	Maggie Smith	...	Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (7 episodes)
	Dan Stevens	...	Matthew Crawley (7 episodes)
	Penelope Wilton	...	Isobel Crawley (7 episodes)
	Kevin Doyle	...	Joseph Molesley (4 episodes)
	Lionel Guyett	...	Taylor (3 episodes)
	David Robb	...	Dr. Clarkson (3 episodes)
	Allen Leech	...	Tom Branson (3 episodes)
	Robert Bathurst	...	Sir Anthony Strallan (3 episodes)
	Helen Sheals	...	Postmistress (2 episodes)
	Andrew Westfield	...	Lynch (2 episodes)
	Brendan Patricks	...	Evelyn Napier (2 episodes)
	Charlie Cox	...	Duke of Crowborough
	Jonathan Coy	...	George Murray
	Jonathan Jaynes	...	Postmaster
	Perry Millward	...	Paperboy
	Nicky Henson	...	Charles Grigg
	Fergus O'Donnell	...	John Drake
	Cathy Sara	...	Mrs. Drake
	Theo James	...	Kemal Pamuk
	Roger Morlidge	...	Artificial Limbs Man
	Bill Fellows	...	Joe Burns
	Elizabeth Hill	...	Nurse
	Martin Reeve	...	Clerk
	Colin R. Campbell	...	Man at Smithy
	Bernard Gallagher	...	Bill Molesley
	Dean Williamson	...	Farmer
	Kate Bowes Renna	...	Heckler
	Greg Hobbs	...	Heckler
	Jamie de Courcey	...	Liberal Candidate
	Marcus Kelly	...	Thug (as Mark Kelly)
	Gerard Mcdermott	...	High Sheriff
	Samantha Bond	...	Lady Rosamund Painswick
	Richard Hawley	...	NCO
	Ian Kelly	...	Doctor at Moorfields Hospital
	Christine Lohr	...	Mrs. Bird
	Sean McKenzie	...	Mr. Bromidge
	Jane Wenham	...	Mrs. Bates
Uncredited Cast
	Peter Agnelli	...	Villager (4 episodes)
	Filippo Delaunay	...	Villager
	John Whitby	...	Dinner Guest
	Andy Evason	...	Injured Officer
	Catherine Balavage	...	Suffragette
	Jefferson King	...	Gentleman
Produced by
	Rebecca Eaton	...	executive producer
	Julian Fellowes	...	executive producer
	Nigel Marchant	...	producer
	Gareth Neame	...	executive producer
	Liz Trubridge	...	series producer
Original Music by
	John Lunn
Special Effects by
	Edward Draycott	...	special effects technician
	Jason Troughton	...	special effects
	David Holt	...	special effects technician
	Kristyan Mallett	...	special effects makeup
Stunts
	Andy Bradford	...	stunt coordinator
	Julian Lightwing	...	stunts
	Kelly Dent	...	stunt performer
	Gary Connery	...	stunt performer
	Neil Finnighan	...	stunt performer
	Rob Jarman	...	stunt performer
	Kim McGarrity	...	stunt performer
	Brian Nickels	...	stunt performer
	Maxine Whittaker	...	stunt performer

Additional Info
Premiere:	September 26, 2010
DVD Release:	January 11, 2011
Blu-ray Release:	January 11, 2011
Country:
Distributor:	PBS
Websites:

Ratings
8.7 / 10

Production Companies
Carnival Film & Television
Masterpiece Theatre (Masterpiece) (in co-production with)

Distributors
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2011) (United States) (Masterpiece Theatre) (TV)
PBS Video (2012) (United States) (complete seasons one & two) (DVD)
Peacock (2020) (United States) (video)
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (through)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2011) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)

Filming Locations
Akenham, Suffolk, England, UK (trenches in the First World War)
Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK (Series 5 & 6 - Christmas episodes)
Bampton Library, Church View, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK (Downton Cottage Hospital: exterior - Series 2)
Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK (Downton village)
Byfleet Manor, Mill Lane, Byfleet, Surrey, England, UK (Dower House: Lady Violet Crawley's house)
Churchgate House, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK (Mrs Crawley's house: exterior)
Cogges Manor Farm, Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK (Yew Tree Farm: Mr Drewe's farm)
Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK (Studio) (servants' quarters)
Hall Place, Wycombe End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Mrs Crawley's house: interior)
Halton House, Halton, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Haxby Park: interiors - Series 2)
Highclere Castle, Highclere, Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK (Downton Abbey)
Horsted Keynes Railway Station, Station Approach, Horsted Keynes, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, UK (Downton railway station)
R Stage, Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK (St Michael's church, Downton)
Stockers Farm, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK (Mr Mason's farm)
The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London, England, UK
The Old Forge, Shilton, Oxfordshire, England, UK (The Red Lion pub)
Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Haxby Park: exteriors - Series 2)
West Wycombe House, West Wycombe Park, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Downton Abbey interiors)

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