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SEASON
Writer and creator Julian Fellowes brings back this most-watched drama in PBS history for its fourth gripping season. The acclaimed ensemble cast is led by Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, and Maggie Smith, along with returning guest star Shirley MacLaine and new guest star Paul Giamatti as Cora’s playboy brother Harold.
21 May 1953, London, England, UK
1 October 1969, Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
15 October 1943, Rozprza, Lódzkie, Poland
19 May 1947, England, UK
10 November 1955, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
16 December 1984, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
1979, Colne, Lancashire, England, UK
17 July 1985, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
7 April 1972, England, UK
1970, Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire, England, UK
6 June 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1 January 1974, Winsford, Cheshire, England, UK
1985, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
July 01, 2016
In all of this Downton seems such a conventional and predictable series, despite its setting and occasionally sparkling dialogue.
July 01, 2016
And the show remains, as ever, a thing of immaculate beauty.
June 29, 2016
Much remains solid at the heart of rich Downton drama, and Fellowes has certainly shown in the past that he can bring it all back home.
July 01, 2016
Downton Abbey has certainly supplied some of the best TV memories of recent years. The new season continues that tradition.
June 29, 2016
Not all of the storylines work - an affair between a black entertainer and the carefree Rose seems forced - but the action moves so fast that you'll be hooked on a new scandal/crisis/romance in mere minutes.
July 01, 2016
Too many tragedies and extraordinary turns of fate have befallen the house for it to entertain anything so deathless and mundane as normality. There's simply no going back.
July 01, 2016
Mr. Carson is one of the few characters whose backstory has not really been explored, and looking into his past is an interesting new direction for the series.
July 01, 2016
Through it all, the show never loses sight of its sublime characterization.
July 01, 2016
When you think about what Downton Abbey has achieved, and is continuing to pull off, it's actually pretty remarkable.
June 29, 2016
Change continues to make Downton relevant to our lives, letting us in on the variously graceful and resentful ways people deal with the inevitable.
