Cast and Crew

Creator: Julian Fellowes

Leading Role: Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Maggie Smith, Dan Stevens, Jessica Brown Findlay and Laura Carmichael

Summary of  Downton Abbey Seasons 1-4 DVD Boxset

Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series. Downton Abbey series sets in the Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with the great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy. Such events depicted throughout the series include news of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the first series; the outbreak of World War I, the Spanish influenza pandemic, and the Marconi scandal in the second series; the Interwar period and the formation of the Irish Free State in the third series; and the Teapot Dome scandal in the fourth series.