Episode 6.06

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Episode 6.06
Series 6, Episode 6
Air date	25th October 2015
Written by	Julian Fellowes
Directed by	Michael Engler
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Episode 6.06 is the sixth episode in the sixth series of Downton Abbey. It aired on October 25th, 2015 in the UK, and will air on February 7th, 2016 in the US.

Synopsis

Early June 1925. For one day only, the house is made open to the public to raise money for the hospital, an act that divides opinions among the family and the servants.

Tensions between Violet and Cora come to a head as a decision is made about the hospital takeover. Mr Dawes has a proposition for Molesley, and Baxter is thrown into turmoil by an unexpected letter. Carson is not happy with Thomas, while Mary and Edith hope to overcome their past and find true happiness with the new men in their lives.

Plot

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Cast List

Wendy Albiston as Abbey visitor 1 Oliver & Zac Barker as George Crawley Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley Laura Carmichael as Edith Crawley Jim Carter as Charles Carson Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter Paul Copley as Mr Mason Brendan Coyle as John Bates Michelle Dockery as Mary Crawley Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley Sebastian Dunn as Charlie Rogers Michael Fox as Andrew Parker Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates Matthew Goode as Henry Talbot Harry Hadden-Paton as Bertie Pelham Fifi Hart as Sybbie Branson Charlotte Hamblin as Lady Anne Acland Rob James-Collier as Thomas Barrow Noah Jupe as a Child David Keeling as Abbey visitor 2 Allen Leech as Tom Branson Phyllis Logan as Elsie Carson Ian Marr as Abbey visitor 3 Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley Sophie McShera as Daisy Mason Tom Morley as Abbey visitor 4 Lesley Nicol as Beryl Patmore Brendan Patricks as Evelyn Napier Douglas Reith as Richard Grey David Robb as Richard Clarkson Eva & Karina Samms as Marigold Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley Phoebe Sparrow as Amelia Cruikshank Milly Thomas as Abbey visitor 5 Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley

Notes

The paintings referenced in the open house.

Mrs. Musters as Hebe, Cupbearer to the Gods (1782) by Sir Joshua Reynolds.	The children of the 1st Earl of Carnarvon. Beechey, 1795
Portrait of Henry, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1741-1811)- Beechey

Errors

• Cora mentions inviting Bertie to Downton to Edith and mentions "the 11th" as before the house opening ("We're opening the house that weekend") and Bertie does arrive at Downton before the house opening. However, the sign outside states that the house will be open on the sixth of June. Thus, either the sign is wrong or Elizabeth McGovern said her words terribly incorrect.