Steve burton biography imdb downton abbey

British television series (–)

This article is about the series.

Steve burton biography imdb downton abbey

For the film, see Downton Abbey (film).

Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January The show ran for fifty-two episodes across six series, including five Christmas specials.

The series, set on the fictional Yorkshirecountry estate of Downton Abbey between and , depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants in the post-Edwardian era, and the effects the great events of the time have on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

These events include news of the sinking of the Titanic (first series); the outbreak of the First World War, the Spanish influenza pandemic and the Marconi