Episodes Episode #5.1 January 4, 2015 Episode #5.2 January 11, 2015 Episode #5.3 January 18, 2015 Episode #5.4 January 25, 2015 Episode #5.5 February 1, 2015 Episode #5.6 February 8, 2015 Episode #5.7 February 15, 2015 Episode #5.8 February 22, 2015 A Moorland Holiday March 1, 2015 Directed by Catherine Morshead Minkie Spiro Philip John Michael Engler 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) Raquel Cassidy ... Baxter (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) 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) Penelope Wilton ... Isobel Crawley (9 episodes) Tom Cullen ... Anthony Gillingham (7 episodes) Andrew Scarborough ... Tim Drewe (7 episodes) Jeremy Swift ... Spratt (7 episodes) Emma Lowndes ... Mrs. Margie Drewe (6 episodes) Douglas Reith ... Lord Merton (6 episodes) Howard Ward ... Sergeant Willis (6 episodes) Rade Serbedzija ... Prince Kuragin (6 episodes) (as Rade Sherbedgia) David Robb ... Dr. Clarkson (5 episodes) Daisy Lewis ... Sarah Bunting (5 episodes) Julian Ovenden ... Charles Blake (5 episodes) Catherine Steadman ... Mabel Lane Fox (5 episodes) Matt Barber ... Atticus Aldridge (5 episodes) Richard E. Grant ... Simon Bricker (4 episodes) Penny Downie ... Lady Sinderby (4 episodes) James Faulkner ... Lord Sinderby (4 episodes) Christopher Rozycki ... Count Rostov (3 episodes) Samantha Bond ... Lady Rosamund Painswick (3 episodes) Louis Hilyer ... Inspector Vyner (3 episodes) Sue Johnston ... Miss Denker (3 episodes) Ed Speleers ... Jimmy Kent (2 episodes) Helen Sheals ... Mrs. Wigan (2 episodes) Peter Egan ... Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire (2 episodes) Paul Copley ... Mr. Mason (2 episodes) Michael Fox ... Andy (2 episodes) Patrick Brennan ... Headmaster Harriet Walter ... Lady Shackleton Anna Chancellor ... Lady Anstruther Louise Calf ... Kitty Colthurst James Joyce ... Dinner Guest Ben Bradshaw ... Chemist Simon Lawson ... Man in Chemist Roberta Kerr ... Chemist's Assistant Naomi Radcliffe ... Mrs. Elcot Oliver Ashworth ... Wireless Technician Jon Glover ... King George V (voice) Keiran Flynn ... Hotel Receptionist Augusta Woods ... Hotel Maid James Cave ... Porter Alex McNally ... Cab Driver Jamie Bradley ... Hairdresser Matthew Jure ... Hotel Porter Devon Black ... Receptionist Holly Aston ... Waitress (as Holly Augustine) Ed Cooper Clarke ... Tim Grey Charlie Anson ... Larry Grey Dean Ashton ... Evans Phoebe Nicholls ... Susan MacClare, Marchioness of Flintshire Sophie Cosson ... Prostitute James Phelips ... Waiter Sarah Crowden ... Lady Manville Darren Machin ... Basil Shute Matthew Goode ... Henry Talbot Alun Armstrong ... Stowell Hannah Wood ... Brancaster Kitchen Maid Jane Lapotaire ... Princess Irina Jonathan Coy ... George Murray Sebastian Dunn ... Charlie Rogers Harry Hadden-Paton ... Bertie Pelham Alice Patten ... Diana Clark Uncredited Cast Fifi Hart ... Sybbie Branson (8 episodes) Oliver Barker ... George Crawley (8 episodes) Zac Barker ... George Crawley (8 episodes) Eva Samms ... Marigold Gregson (7 episodes) Karina Samms ... Marigold Gregson (7 episodes) Julie Eagleton ... Smart Villager (4 episodes) Stephen Mason ... Prison Guard (2 episodes) James Francis Andrews ... Fashion Show Spectator (2 episodes) Lauren Beacham ... Bella Davis (2 episodes) Josh Dinneen ... Hallboy Scott Plumridge ... Waiter Chris Townsend   Yves O'Hara ... Mason Worker Adam Lannon ... Plainclothesman Robert Roman Ratajczak ... Footman Georgina Bennett ... Volunteer Pamela Betsy Cooper ... Aristocrat with Dog Alister Austin ... Station Guard David G. Robinson ... Uniformed Padre Ethan Chapples ... Atticus' Brother Alexander Cooper ... Rules Waiter Roman Green ... Veteran Jefferson King ... Detective Maya Lindh ... Lady Annabelle MacClare Hugh O'Brien ... Policeman Tina Simmons ... The Velvet Violin Club Guest Albert Tang ... Club Guest Nathan Webb ... Lieutenant NRV Anthony Milton ... Veteran in Crowd Jason Nicholls ... Rules Patron Graham Saxon ... Dinner guest Produced by Chris Croucher   Rebecca Eaton   Julian Fellowes   Nigel Marchant   Gina Marsh   Gareth Neame   Liz Trubridge   Original Music by John Lunn

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