Our Christmas wishlist for the last ever ‘Downton Abbey’ episode

After six season, fourteen years (for the characters at least) and a lot of hats, Downton Abbey comes to an end next month. The period drama concludes on Christmas Day with a feature-length special, which sees the return of Lily James (Cinderella) and Matt Barber (Being Human) as Lady Rose and Atticus Aldridge. If Santa … >

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Win ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6 on Blu-ray!

It’s the end of an era as the curtain closes on Downton Abbey. Season 6 and the complete Season 1-6 box set collection come to Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 16 November, courtesy of Universal Pictures (UK). > Buy the complete Season 1-6 box set on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got copies of … >

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‘Downton Abbey’ pics gallery: First look at Christmas special

ITV has released a set of promotional photos from the last ever episode of Downton Abbey. Season 6 concluded on ITV last weekend and the period drama will end with a feature-length special on Christmas Day next month. The final episode will feature the return of Lily James (Cinderella) and Matt Barber (Being Human) as … >

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Story hints revealed for last ever episode of ‘Downton Abbey’

ITV has announced details of the final episode of Downton Abbey this Christmas. Season 6 concluded on ITV last weekend and the period drama will end with a feature-length special on Christmas Day next month. Patricia Hodge (Miranda) will join the cast as Bertie Pelham’s mother, while Lily James (Cinderella) and Matt Barber (Being Human) … >

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Our wish list for the final season of ‘Downton Abbey’

Downton Abbey returns next month for a final season. With the last ever episode due to air on Christmas Day, following eight episodes this autumn, we had a think about what we’d like the show’s many characters to get up to before they take their final bow. Cue the titles… Tom and Sybbie are off … >

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‘Downton Abbey’ Christmas 2014 special review

This year’s feature-length festive special is brimming with the things we love: sumptuous dinner parties, carols by the Christmas tree in the great hall, and happily-resolved plot lines. Not a single dead body anywhere. The episode opens with the Downton crowd preparing to attend a grouse-shooting party at Brancaster Castle. Lord Sinderby has rented it … >

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12 hints for this year’s ‘Downton Abbey’ Christmas special

Downton Abbey returns next month for the period drama’s traditional festive special. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps until Christmas day (and we all know what that meant for poor Matthew a couple of years ago), but here’s what we know so far…   The episode will run for a feature-length two hours. … >

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‘Downton Abbey’ first look: Christmas special cast photo

ITV has released a new promotional photo for this year’s Downton Abbey Christmas special. Filmed at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, the two-hour episode rejoins the family in the early autumn of 1924 and sees New Tricks star Alun Armstrong join the cast as Stowell, the Sinderbys’ butler. Jane Lapotaire (Blind Justice) also joins as Princess … >

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