Downton Abbey
Synopsis
The letter announces that Downton will play host to the King and Queen for a single night during a royal tour of Yorkshire. Lady Mary temporarily sidelines the question of mending the roof to focus on the task of overseeing the arrangements. But it’s below stairs – the flailing feet under the gliding swan – that the organisational burden is shouldered. The redoubtable former butler Mr Carson is tempted out of retirement, much to the annoyance of current butler Thomas Barrow. Meanwhile, a smouldering family feud reignites between Lady Violet Crawley and her estranged cousin Maud Bagshaw, lady-in-waiting to the Queen...
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 122 mins
- Director
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Michael Engler
- Producer
- Michael Engler, Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge
- Executive Producer
- Nigel Marchant, Brian Percival
- Editor
- Mark Day
- Screenwriter
- Julian Fellowes
- Director of Photography
- Ben Smithard
- Production Designer
- Donal Wood
- Composer
- John Lunn
- Principal cast
- Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James, Simon Jones, David Haig, Tuppence Middleton, Kate Phillips, Stephen Campbell Moore, Max Brown
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Carnival Film & Television (UK), Focus Features (US) production
Carnival Film & Television
6 Agar StreetLondon
WC2N 4HN
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