Series 6

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Series six of Downton Abbey is the final series of the show.

It will premiere in the US on January 3, 2016.

Production

Production on series six started in early 2015.

Julian Fellowes has described the theme of this season as "resolution".

Synopsis

The series will pick up six months after the end of Series 5, in 1925, and follow with the years 1926, and 1927. The final episode ends on Christmas day, 1927..

Rose Aldridge and Tom Branson have both moved to America. Tom and his daughter Sybbie Branson return for a visit.

Notes

• Matthew Goode and Harry Hadden-Paton will reprise their respective roles as Henry Talbot and Bertie Pelham.
• Mrs Patmore's "latest horror story" is the Downton Kitchen obtaining a Fridge.
• Edith will be spending more time in London. Unlike Mary, she won't be hunting for romance.
• Mr. Mason is kicked off his farm, and Daisy receives counseling from Cora.
• Mary and Edith get into a huge argument.
• Mary discovers the truth about Marigold's identity as Edith's illegitimate daughter.^{[citation needed]}
• The police investigate further into Mr. Green's death.
• Anna being assaulted by Mr. Green is finally revealed to all.^{[citation needed]}
• Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes plan for a wedding.
• Martha and Harold will not be returning, but Cora receives a letter from her mother.
• Characters from the first and second seasons will return; such as Gwen Dawson, Ethel Parks and her young son Charlie; now seven years old.^{[citation needed]}
• Not all of the main characters will have a happily ever after.
• Robert considers further downsizing the staff.
• Anna and Mr. Bates finally consider having children.^{[citation needed]}
• Tom Branson and his young daughter, Sybbie, will return for at least one visit.
• Robert and Cora visit a neighbor in the county who literally has to sell the family silver to make ends meet.
• The cast returned to shoot scenes at Alnwick Castle.

Episodes

1. Episode 6.01
2. Episode 6.02
3. Episode 6.03
4. Episode 6.04
5. Episode 6.05
6. Episode 6.06
7. Episode 6.07
8. Episode 6.08
9. 2015 Christmas Special

Cast

Upstairs

• Oliver & Zac Barker as George Crawley
• Samantha Bond as Rosamund Painswick
• Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley
• Laura Carmichael as Edith Crawley
• Tom Cullen as Anthony Foyle
• Michelle Dockery as Mary Crawley
• Fifi Hart as Sybbie Branson
• Lily James as Rose Aldridge
• Allen Leech as Tom Branson
• Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley
• Eva & Karina Samms as Marigold
• Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley
• Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley

Downstairs

• Jim Carter as Charles Carson
• Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter
• Brendan Coyle as John Bates
• Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley
• Michael Fox as Andrew
• Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates
• Rob James-Collier as Thomas Barrow
• Sue Johnston as Gladys Denker
• Phyllis Logan as Elsie Hughes
• Sophie McShera as Daisy Mason
• Lesley Nicol as Beryl Patmore
• Jeremy Swift as Spratt

Recurring Characters

• Michael Cochrane as Albert Travis
• Paul Copley as Mr Mason
• Matthew Goode as Henry Talbot
• Harry Hadden-Paton as Bertie Pelham
• Rose Leslie as Gwen Dawson
• Emma Lowndes as Margie Drewe
• Amy Nuttall as Ethel Parks
• Douglas Reith as Richard Grey
• David Robb as Richard Clarkson
• Andrew Scarborough as Timothy Drewe
• NN as Charles Parks
• NN as Mr Skinner

External Links

1. Matthew and Mary reunite as Downton Abbey cast celebrate six series of the period drama at Radio Times

Photos

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