Episodes Episode #1.1 January 9, 2011 Episode #1.2 January 9, 2011 Episode #1.3 January 16, 2011 Episode #1.4 January 16, 2011 Episode #1.5 January 23, 2011 Episode #1.6 January 23, 2011 Episode #1.7 January 30, 2011 Directed by Brian Percival Ben Bolt Brian Kelly Written by Julian Fellowes   Shelagh Stephenson   Tina Pepler   Cast Hugh Bonneville ... Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (7 episodes) Jessica Brown Findlay ... Lady Sybil Crawley (7 episodes) Laura Carmichael ... Lady Edith Crawley (7 episodes) Jim Carter ... Charles Carson (7 episodes) Brendan Coyle ... John Bates (7 episodes) Michelle Dockery ... Lady Mary Crawley (7 episodes) Siobhan Finneran ... Sarah O'Brien (7 episodes) Joanne Froggatt ... Anna Smith (7 episodes) Thomas Howes ... William Mason (7 episodes) Robert James-Collier ... Thomas Barrow (7 episodes) (as Rob James-Collier) Rose Leslie ... Gwen Dawson (7 episodes) Phyllis Logan ... Mrs. Hughes (7 episodes) Elizabeth McGovern ... Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham (7 episodes) Sophie McShera ... Daisy Robinson (7 episodes) Lesley Nicol ... Mrs. Patmore (7 episodes) Maggie Smith ... Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (7 episodes) Dan Stevens ... Matthew Crawley (7 episodes) Penelope Wilton ... Isobel Crawley (7 episodes) Kevin Doyle ... Joseph Molesley (4 episodes) Lionel Guyett ... Taylor (3 episodes) David Robb ... Dr. Clarkson (3 episodes) Allen Leech ... Tom Branson (3 episodes) Robert Bathurst ... Sir Anthony Strallan (3 episodes) Helen Sheals ... Postmistress (2 episodes) Andrew Westfield ... Lynch (2 episodes) Brendan Patricks ... Evelyn Napier (2 episodes) Charlie Cox ... Duke of Crowborough Jonathan Coy ... George Murray Jonathan Jaynes ... Postmaster Perry Millward ... Paperboy Nicky Henson ... Charles Grigg Fergus O'Donnell ... John Drake Cathy Sara ... Mrs. Drake Theo James ... Kemal Pamuk Roger Morlidge ... Artificial Limbs Man Bill Fellows ... Joe Burns Elizabeth Hill ... Nurse Martin Reeve ... Clerk Colin R. Campbell ... Man at Smithy Bernard Gallagher ... Bill Molesley Dean Williamson ... Farmer Kate Bowes Renna ... Heckler Greg Hobbs ... Heckler Jamie de Courcey ... Liberal Candidate Marcus Kelly ... Thug (as Mark Kelly) Gerard Mcdermott ... High Sheriff Samantha Bond ... Lady Rosamund Painswick Richard Hawley ... NCO Ian Kelly ... Doctor at Moorfields Hospital Christine Lohr ... Mrs. Bird Sean McKenzie ... Mr. Bromidge Jane Wenham ... Mrs. Bates Uncredited Cast Peter Agnelli ... Villager (4 episodes) Filippo Delaunay ... Villager Andy Evason ... Injured Officer Catherine Balavage ... Suffragette Jefferson King ... Gentleman Produced by Rebecca Eaton   Julian Fellowes   Nigel Marchant   Gareth Neame   Liz Trubridge   Original Music by John Lunn

Additional Info Premiere: September 26, 2010 DVD Release: January 11, 2011 Blu-ray Release: January 11, 2011 Country: Distributor: PBS Websites: Production Companies Carnival Film & Television Masterpiece Theatre (in co-production with) (as Masterpiece) Distributors Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)   (2011-2016) (USA) (TV) (Masterpiece Theatre) PBS Video   (2012) (USA) (DVD) (complete seasons one & two) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #911 / 20,875 Site Ranking #907 What Women Want (2000) #908 Fracture (2007) #909 Basic Instinct (1992) #910 Downton Abbey: Season 6 (2015) #911 Downton Abbey: Season 1 (2010) #912 Downton Abbey: Season 5 (2014) #913 Downton Abbey: Season 3 (2012) #914 Downton Abbey: Season 4 (2013) #915 Downton Abbey: Season 2 (2011)