MASTERPIECE Classic | Downton Abbey | Part 1 Preview | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/d... 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.

Part 1 -- January 9, 2011
When the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs, and his daughter Mary loses her fiancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a lowly lawyer with novel ideasAbbey Bonneville British Classic Crawley Downton Elizabeth Fellowes Gosford Grantham Harry Hugh host Julian Laura Linney Maggie Masterpiece McGovern Park PBS Potter Sense Sensibility Smith Theatre WGBH about country life.

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[324wilson]

Dame Maggie Smith is a living legend! - "What is a weeked?"

[judyalta]

What is a weekend?

hehehe

[SlowDaddie]

technically Matthew first appreared in episode 1 at the very end when he gets the letter for Lord G

[jennifer fitzgerald]

It is the best show on TV.

[Nicolas Mugler]

i cant wait .. i just cant wait .. i need season 4 immediately !!

[Boo Radely]

is this show any good? Deciding whether or not to watch?

[nzkiwibro1]

and because as a member of the aristocracy her husband and her families "job" in was arond the clock 24hrs... u never get a day off bein a lady or lord in a sense

[nzkiwibro1]

the reason i suppose she doesnt know wat a weekend is. is bekoz labour laws were relativly new. and weekends were prety much nonexistant

[hdzmiriam]

he wasnt in episode 1.

[IAMTheNerdHerd]

How was Matthew in episode one? these scenes are from episode two!

[Hannah Lynne]

Maggie Smith HAS DONE OTHER THINGS, you foetus!!

I don't like to be rude, but Jesus... there's a world outside Hogwarts!

[LaurelLovesLife]

OMFG 'what is a weekend' laughing my head off!