ITV has confirmed that the new series of Downton Abbey will begin next month.

Introducing guest stars Richard E Grant and Anna Chancellor, Series 5 launches at 9pm on Sunday 21 September on ITV.

> Watch the new one-minute trailer.

Other guest stars will include Rade Sherbedgia, Dame Harriet Walter, Peter Egan and The Royle Family actress Sue Johnston as Lady’s Maid to Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham.

Returning cast members include Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Rob James-Collier, Brendan Coyle, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech, Lily James, Sophie Mcshera and Tom Cullen.

> Buy the complete Series 1-4 boxset on Amazon.

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