Episode 6.08

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Episode 6.08
Series 6, Episode 8
Air date	8th November 2015
Written by	Julian Fellowes
Directed by	David Evans
Episode guide
Previous	Episode 6.07
Next	2015 Christmas Special

Episode 6.08 is the eighth episode in the sixth series of Downton Abbey. It will air on November 8th, 2015 in the UK, and on February 21st, 2016 in the US.

Synopsis

Bertie’s circumstances change suddenly, leaving Edith uncertain whether to risk telling him the truth or keep her past a secret at all costs. Mary wonders if she can ever make peace with her sister as hostilities escalate, Spratt shows some hidden talents and Molesley’s first day as a teacher does not go according to plan. Mrs Patmore’s bed and breakfast attracts unwanted attention, leaving her in need of the Crawleys’ help.

Plot

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Cast List

Expected cast:

Oliver & Zac Barker as George Crawley Antonia Bernath as Laura Edmunds Samantha Bond as Rosamund Painswick Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley Patrick Brennan as Mr Dawes Laura Carmichael as Edith Crawley Jim Carter as Charles Carson Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter Michael Cochrane as Albert Travis Paul Copley as Mr Mason Brendan Coyle as John Bates Lucas Culff as Schoolchild Michelle Dockery as Mary Crawley Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley Victoria Emslie as Audrey Michael Fox as Andrew Parker Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates Matthew Goode as Henry Talbot Harry Hadden-Paton as Bertie Pelham Rob James-Collier as Thomas Barrow Hayley Jane Standing as Lucy Allen Leech as Tom Branson Phyllis Logan as Elsie Hughes Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley Sophie McShera as Daisy Mason Lesley Nicol as Beryl Patmore Douglas Reith as Richard Grey Jake Rowley as Paparazzo Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley Phoebe Sparrow as Amelia Cruikshank Erin Surtees as Schoolchild Jeremy Swift as Septimus Spratt John Voce as Photographer Harriet Walter as Dowager Lady Shackleton Howard Ward as Sergeant Willis Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley