ITV has released a new one-minute trailer for the fifth series of Downton Abbey.

The period drama returns for eight new episodes at 9pm on Sunday 21 September on ITV.

Watch the trailer…

Series 5 guest stars Richard E Grant, Anna Chancellor, Rade Sherbedgia, Dame Harriet Walter, Peter Egan and The Royle Family actress Sue Johnston.

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.

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