Get your embroidered hankies ready as we go behind the scenes with the cast and crew detail their days on Downton Abbey and examine the making of the cultural phenomenon.
- Factual
- Year 2020 - 2021
- 1 Season
Get your embroidered hankies ready as we go behind the scenes with the cast and crew detail their days on Downton Abbey and examine the making of the cultural phenomenon.
- Year: 2021
E1 • Writing Downton Abbey
A close look at Julian Fellowes's genuinity in creating the script for Donwton Abbey, his ability to create 3-dimenstional relatable characters, and the dynamic staging of every remarkable moments.
E2 • Making of a Cult Series
The Creators discuss what it takes to develop a series of such lasting power and cult status.
E3 • Behind the Scenes of Downton Abbey
The actors and crew give practical and anecdotal insights behind the scenes of the production process.
E4 • Historic Authenticity
Historical advisor Alastair Bruce and the cast talk about their method in understanding the historical context and create an authentic mindset and actions for the characters.
E5 • Dressed for Success
Costume designer Susannah Buxton and the cast discuss the role and practicalities of the costumes and trace the changes in costume throughout the series.
E6 • The House as Character
Downton Abbey is a character in itself, not only as a symbol of maintaining the heritage for the Crawley family, but also as a home and space to move around.
E7 • Leaps in Time
Downton Abbey traces many historic shifts from aristocratic highlife of the Edwardian Period through WW1 and beyond - including political views to gender roles.
E8 • Acting in Downton Abbey
Find out what it means to act in a series with such a high-level cast and how the cast grew to become a family.
E9 • The Women of Downton
Delve into on the roles and shifts of Downton’s female characters and the rising awareness of women's rights during the time.
E10 • Upstairs: Marriage
Marriage may be practical alliances but it is also the interplay with romance and choice. We trace the meaning and importance of marriage throughout Downton Abbey and the characters' thought on it.
E11 • Downstairs: Romance
Downstairs emotions are running high, especially among the younger staff, and drama plays out as rivalry and war are added to the mix.
E12 • Upstairs: Keeping Up Appearances
The ultimate playbook of the British Aristocracy and its drastic change through time. See how Matthew Crawley's role becomes a key narrative as he is trying to establish himself in a new environment.
E13 • Downstairs: Running the House
The Downstairs cast tell us how they came to understand their roles in the households as essential in keeping the house and thus the family going.
E14 • Downton at War
Season 2 launches us into the depth of WW1, with the seismic shifts this had on every aspect of people's lives, from fighting in the trenches to running the house as a convalescent home, to evolvements in class and gender roles.
E15 • The Kitchen: Feeding Downton
The Downton kitchen has a multitude of roles, a hive of activity and a space for staff narratives. The kitchen cast discuss the significance of the kitchen and what it takes to feed the family.
E16 • Upstairs & Downstairs: The Delicate Balance
Cast & crew discuss the world of upstairs & downstairs as it stands when Downton begins, with age-old aristocratic rules that have to be upheld and the employment and pride and family the house provides for the staff.
E17 • Upstairs & Downstairs: Rocking the Boat
As the series progresses, unusual friendships and connections develop between the upstairs and downstairs world, challenging the rigid divides and adding drama and intriguing human connection.
E18 • The Sisters of Downton
We focus on the relationships of the three sisters to each other and how they grow and change throughout the series.
- Cast
Maggie Smith
Julian Fellowes
Hugh Bonneville
Elizabeth McGovern
Michelle Dockery
Jim Carter
Brendan Coyle
Joanne Froggatt
Sophie McShera
Lesley Nicol
Penelope Wilton
Robert James-Collier
Dan Stevens
Jessica Brown Findlay
Lily James
