MASTERPIECE Classic | Downton Abbey | Trailer | PBS

First episode available for viewing at http://video.pbs.org/video/1724131531 Sundays, January 9 through January 30, 2011, at 9pm ET on PBS (check local listings) MASTERPIECE's 40th anniversary season premieres with a quintessentially MASTERPIECE production, Downton Abbey, an Edwardian-era spellbinder created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park). Starring Hugh Bonneville (Notting Hill), Maggie Smith (Harry Potter), Elizabeth McGovern (A Room with a View), Dan Stevens (Sense & Sensibility) and a country-house full of other great actors, the miniseries set audience records during its recent UK broadcast and was hailed as "a sumptuous, instantly riveting glimpse of a world—and family—on the verge of profound change" by the London Daily Telegraph.

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[Abby Johnson]

Cora: “I might send her over to visit my aunt. She could get to know New York.”

Lady Grantham: “Oh, I don’t think things are quite that desperate.”

Sybil: “Nobody learns anything from a governess, apart from French and how to curtsy.”

Lady Grantham: “What else do you need? Are you thinking of a career in banking?”

Cora: “Things are different in America.”

Lady Grantham: “I know. They live in wigwams.”

hahaha

Abbey, born in england but bred in texas :/

[Jaylasplenty]

I LOVE These..."Emma" was one of my favorites from the Jane Austin series. YES!!!!

Right on time too.

[bammbamm12]

Was that Laura Linney? Is she respectable now?

[mcmax571]

“...People in other countries don't ball and wail over disasters everywhere...” Oh please! I saw Princess Diana’s funeral and the way you Limys carried on about that!

[mainstream sux]

Didn't think I'd get into this, Tried it solely because it's British and I thought the storyline and acting would be very good. It didn't let me down and I have been recommending it.

[BellaElsman]

Just ordered Season 1 and pre-ordered Season 2.

I'm British-American and yes, my American college friends love it.

Just...let up on the "Yank" remarks, for Heaven's sake. There comes a point when presumed hilarity falls flat.

[maddalicex]

Don't be offended by the "Yank" term - it's quite accepted by erm... Yanks. Be thankful you are not French.

[Ben Pilkington]

Please note that this isn't the USA. People in other countries don't ball and wail over disasters everywhere. News of it happening did come to the UK, but we didn't freak out. When the UK was hit with our own terrorist attack in 7/7 we didn't overreact either. You can't expect everybody to act the same way >_<

[Bill Boyd]

Its a job Mate!

[iLoveLadyDiana]

@MrYables- Too bad you can't loose your arrogant attitude. I don't like being referred to as a Yank, and yes, I love this drama.

[Brad M]

Why is Laura Linney speaking at the end when she isnt in the mini-series...?

[Triantha1]

Its not a classic in the Jane Austin or Charlotte Brone sense, it does have some good qualities, but the acting at times makes me cringe, eg., when the girls are told about the sinking of the Titanic, its like you were telling them about yesterdays walk in the park, very bland. I am getting bored with it.