Downton Abbey the series

Downton Abbey is a British television series, created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece. It has 52 episodes of with duration of 50 minutes, divided into 6 seasons. It broadcasted from 26th September 2010 the 25th December 2015 on ITV1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and later all over the world.

A scene in the series.

The series is a historical drama series (a drama period) that portrays the life of an aristocratic British household in the 1910s and 1920s. It pays equal attention to the aristocrats and servants who work in their service. Over the seasons, the series incorporates many elements borrowed from soap opera.

The success

Downton Abbey series has been a huge public and critical success in the United Kingdom, and not less so in the United States and the rest of the world. Press critics, enthusiastic for the first two seasons, considered that the series sometimes struggled to maintain its initial quality, especially in seasons 3 and 4. But praised for its ability to keep up with the genre of television drama while renewing it, Downton Abbey also provoked criticism of its nostalgic and idealistic portrayal of the British aristocracy.

The series has won numerous awards (general quality, acting, script, costumes, music). Became addictive in the United States, Downton Abbey has sparked an unusual number of derivative products for a British television series. It was an important moment in the renewal of the genre of historical television series in the early 2010s.

Awards

Downton Abbey  TV series has won the Bafta 2015, won three Golden Globes, 15 Emmy and 69 Primetime Award Emmy nomination.

The casts of Downton Abbey.

The series is also the most non-Emmy-produced non-US television series, screened in more than 250 countries and territories around the world.

Downton Abbey the movie

The movie, officially announced, will be about "the Crawley family's next chapter," according to Focus Pictures chairman Peter Kujawski. The cast includes Dame Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter and Joan Froggatt. Whether all or only a few actors will return this time with roles that have been attached to them. Although Edelstein has confirmed the information, the actors themselves do not seem to know this information is official.

Downton Abbey, the movie, is set to release on September 13th, 2019 around the world. Universal Pictures International will present the movie on the worldwide scale. In North American, the movie will hit at theatres on September 19th, 2019.

Julian Fellowes (father of the six-season Downton Abbey TV series ending in Christmas 2015) takes care of the movie script. He is also a co-producer.

Finally, Brian Percival will direct Downton Abbey. Brian Percival has directed films such as The Book Thief, About a Girl.