Downton Abbey. Season 1, Disc 1
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Includes episodes 1,2.
Title from container.
Created by Julian Fellowes.
Originally broadcast as an episode of Masterpiece Classic on PBS in 2010.
Release date: May. 5, 2011.
Bonus features: "Downton Abbey: the making of"; "Downton Abbey: a house in history."
Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Jim Carter, Joanne Froggatt.
All seven episodes from the first series of the Edwardian costume drama following the lives and loves of those above and below stairs in a stately home prior to the outbreak of WWI. The Grantham family, long time custodians of Downton Abbey, face a crisis when the heir to the estate dies on the 'Titanic'. With his three daughters unable to inherit by law, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), the current Earl of Grantham, must try and marry his eldest daughter off in order to obtain an heir. Meanwhile, the family's determination to cling to class and rank is mirrored in a number of growing rivalries between the servants which threaten to undermine the smooth running of the house. A stunning and colorful drama set around the aristocratic Crawley family and the staff which serves them. Set between 1912 and 1914, Downton Abbey chronicles the conflict of class, gender, and politics, and serves it up with a refreshing dollop of sizzle and scandal.
Blu-ray; region A; 2.0 Stereo.; high definition 1080i, widescreen.
Requires Blu-ray player.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
downton abbey submitted by a2sue on July 18, 2013, 6:46am so glad this show is around
My favorite submitted by DownesS on August 8, 2013, 8:50am Probably my favorite show on television
SERIES
Downton Abbey (Television program)
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: NR
Format: ILL
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781608834259
1608834255
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bonneville, Hugh.
Coyle, Brendan.
McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961-
Smith, Maggie, 1934-
Carter, Jim, 1948-
Frogatt, Joanne, 1979-
Fellowes, Julian.
Marchant, Nigel.
Percival, Brian.
Bolt, Ben, 1952-
Kelly, Brian.
Carnival Films (Great Britain)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Inheritance and succession -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Families -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Country life -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Household employees -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Manors -- England -- Drama.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Historical drama.
Television melodramas.
Television series.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.