Episodes Episode #4.1 January 5, 2014 Episode #4.2 January 5, 2014 Episode #4.3 January 12, 2014 Episode #4.4 January 19, 2014 Episode #4.5 January 26, 2014 Episode #4.6 February 2, 2014 Episode #4.7 February 9, 2014 Episode #4.8 February 16, 2014 The London Season February 23, 2014 Directed by David Evans   Catherine Morshead   Philip John   Edward Hall   Jon East   Written by Julian Fellowes   Cast Hugh Bonneville ... Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (9 episodes) Laura Carmichael ... Lady Edith Crawley (9 episodes) Jim Carter ... Charles Carson (9 episodes) Brendan Coyle ... John Bates (9 episodes) Michelle Dockery ... Lady Mary Crawley (9 episodes) Kevin Doyle ... Joseph Molesley (9 episodes) Joanne Froggatt ... Anna Bates (9 episodes) Lily James ... Lady Rose MacClare (9 episodes) Robert James-Collier ... Thomas Barrow (9 episodes) (as Rob James-Collier) Allen Leech ... Tom Branson (9 episodes) Phyllis Logan ... Mrs. Hughes (9 episodes) Elizabeth McGovern ... Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham (9 episodes) Sophie McShera ... Daisy Mason (9 episodes) Lesley Nicol ... Mrs. Patmore (9 episodes) Maggie Smith ... Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (9 episodes) Ed Speleers ... Jimmy Kent (9 episodes) Cara Theobold ... Ivy Stuart (9 episodes) Penelope Wilton ... Isobel Crawley (9 episodes) Matt Milne ... Alfred Nugent (8 episodes) David Robb ... Dr. Clarkson (6 episodes) Tom Cullen ... Anthony Gillingham (5 episodes) Raquel Cassidy ... Baxter (5 episodes) MyAnna Buring ... Edna Braithwaite (4 episodes) Charles Edwards ... Michael Gregson (4 episodes) Nigel Harman ... Green (4 episodes) Samantha Bond ... Lady Rosamund Painswick (4 episodes) Gary Carr ... Jack Ross (4 episodes) Brendan Patricks ... Evelyn Napier (4 episodes) Julian Ovenden ... Charles Blake (4 episodes) Jeremy Swift ... Spratt (3 episodes) Patrick Kennedy ... Terence Sampson (3 episodes) Andrew Scarborough ... Tim Drewe (3 episodes) Daisy Lewis ... Sarah Bunting (3 episodes) Nicky Henson ... Charles Grigg (2 episodes) Andrew Alexander ... Sir John Bullock (2 episodes) Joanna David ... Duchess of Yeovil (2 episodes) Joncie Elmore ... John Pegg (2 episodes) Douglas Reith ... Lord Merton (2 episodes) Di Botcher ... Nanny West Bernard Gallagher ... Bill Molesley Helen Sheals ... Postmistress Tristan Beint ... Waiter Harriet Walter ... Lady Shackleton Moray Treadwell ... Farmer Nigel Betts ... Farmer Alex Carter ... Waiter Jonathan Howard ... Sam Thawley Nicky Bell ... Tough Man at Dance Kiri Te Kanawa ... Dame Nellie Melba Yves Aubert ... Arsene Avignon Kieran Hodgson ... First Student Spencer Cowan ... Second Student Simon Lowe ... Maître d' Stephen Critchlow ... John Ward, MP Issy van Randwyck ... Nurse David Acton ... Doctor Joshua Richards ... Stall Holder Philip Wallace ... Stage Door Keeper Richard Dempsey ... Footman Paul Copley ... Mr. Mason Susie Coats ... Nanny Crawley Shirley MacLaine ... Martha Levinson Paul Giamatti ... Harold Levinson Poppy Drayton ... Madeleine Allsopp James Fox ... Lord Aysgarth Oliver Dimsdale ... Prince of Wales Janet Montgomery ... Freda Dudley Ward Michael Benz ... Ethan Slade Alastair Bruce ... Lord Chamberlain Guy Williams ... King George V Pete Lee-Wilson ... Porter Uncredited Cast Gintare Beinoraviciute ... Guest (6 episodes) Julie Eagleton ... Mother (2 episodes) Deborah Wise ... Rally Attendee (2 episodes) Christina Carty ... Virginia Woolf Ed Scott-Clarke ... Restaurant Waiter Stuart Matthews ... Barman Hugh O'Brien ... Gentleman Cat Kolubayev ... Dancer James Francis Andrews ... Liberal Supporter Aisling Hughes ... Crying Girl Jefferson King ... Maitre D' Chris Cowlin ... Yeoman of the Guard Valerie Dane ... Queen Mary James Hare ... Gentleman Usher Danielle Kingston ... Rose's Friend Anthony Milton ... Club Guest Dancer Scott Plumridge ... Waiter Gemma Rourke ... Lady Jane Radcliffe Paul Simmons ... Gentleman at Arms Evie Wray ... Lady Produced by Rebecca Eaton   Julian Fellowes   Nigel Marchant   Gareth Neame   Rupert Ryle-Hodges   Liz Trubridge   Ian Hogan   Original Music by John Lunn

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