Episodes Episode #2.1 January 8, 2012 Episode #2.2 January 8, 2012 Episode #2.3 January 15, 2012 Episode #2.4 January 22, 2012 Episode #2.5 January 29, 2012 Episode #2.6 February 5, 2012 Episode #2.7 February 12, 2012 Episode #2.8 February 12, 2012 Christmas at Downton Abbey February 19, 2012 Directed by Ashley Pearce Andy Goddard Brian Kelly James Strong Brian Percival Written by Julian Fellowes   Cast Hugh Bonneville ... Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (9 episodes) Laura Carmichael ... Lady Edith Crawley (9 episodes) Jim Carter ... Charles Carson (9 episodes) Brendan Coyle ... John Bates (9 episodes) Michelle Dockery ... Lady Mary Crawley (9 episodes) Siobhan Finneran ... Sarah O'Brien (9 episodes) Joanne Froggatt ... Anna Smith (9 episodes) Robert James-Collier ... Thomas Barrow (9 episodes) (as Rob James-Collier) Phyllis Logan ... Mrs. Hughes (9 episodes) Elizabeth McGovern ... Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham (9 episodes) Sophie McShera ... Daisy Robinson (9 episodes) Lesley Nicol ... Mrs. Patmore (9 episodes) Maggie Smith ... Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (9 episodes) Dan Stevens ... Matthew Crawley (9 episodes) Penelope Wilton ... Isobel Crawley (9 episodes) Jessica Brown Findlay ... Lady Sybil Crawley (8 episodes) Amy Nuttall ... Ethel Parks (8 episodes) Allen Leech ... Tom Branson (8 episodes) David Robb ... Dr. Clarkson (8 episodes) Zoe Boyle ... Lavinia Swire (7 episodes) Kevin Doyle ... Joseph Molesley (6 episodes) Iain Glen ... Sir Richard Carlisle (6 episodes) Thomas Howes ... William Mason (5 episodes) Clare Calbraith ... Jane Moorsum (4 episodes) Samantha Bond ... Lady Rosamund Painswick (3 episodes) Daniel Pirrie ... Major Charles Bryant (3 episodes) Paul Copley ... Mr. Mason (3 episodes) Maria Doyle Kennedy ... Vera Bates (2 episodes) Stephen Ventura ... Davis (2 episodes) Cal MacAninch ... Henry Lang (2 episodes) Michael Cochrane ... Reverend Travis (2 episodes) Kevin McNally ... Horace Bryant (2 episodes) (as Kevin R. McNally) Christine Mackie ... Daphne Bryant (2 episodes) Daniel Boyarsky ... Stretcher Bearer Gwendolen Chatfield ... White Feather Girl Rosie Jones ... White Feather Girl Jeremy Clyde ... General Robertson Richard Hansell ... Medical Officer Peter McNeil O'Connor ... Sergeant Stevens Lachlan Nieboer ... Lieutenant Edward Courtenay Fergus O'Donnell ... John Drake Cathy Sara ... Mrs. Drake Thomas Campbell ... Captain Smiley (as Tom Feary-Campbell) Graham Padden ... Army Doctor Julian Wadham ... General Sir Herbert Strutt Howard Gossington ... Veteran Christine Lohr ... Mrs. Bird David Maybrick ... Stretcher Bearer David Sibley ... Hospital Doctor Trevor White ... Major Patrick Gordon Stephen Omer ... Registrar Anton Valensi ... Arresting Officer Robert Bathurst ... Sir Anthony Strallan Timothy Carlton ... Judge Jonathan Coy ... George Murray Nigel Havers ... Lord Hepworth Dominic Kemp ... Jury Foreman Simon Poland ... Defense Barrister Tony Pritchard ... Prison Officer Nick Sampson ... Prosecution Barrister Sharon Small ... Marigold Shore Uncredited Cast Nicholas Blatt ... Brookes, Sir Richards Valet (4 episodes) Giles Spencer ... Officer (4 episodes) Peter Agnelli ... Villager (3 episodes) Teresa Mahoney ... Villager (2 episodes) Maria Doyle Kennedy ... Vera Bates Graham Bandy ... Medical Orderley / Melodeon Player Greg Bennett ... Officer at Benefit Concert Robert Clayton ... Injured Soldier Laura Jeanne ... Nurse Matthew David Hearn ... Injured Soldier Cara Bamford ... Housemaid Ed Pearce ... Reggie Swire Produced by Rebecca Eaton   Julian Fellowes   Charles Hubbard   Gareth Neame   Liz Trubridge   Original Music by John Lunn

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