Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above. The complete first season.
Publisher:[London] : Carnival Film & Television Limited ; [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Distribution, c2012
General Note: DVDs.Disc label title.Originally broadcast as episodes of the television program in 2010."Masterpiece classic".Widescreen version.Special features include: making-of featurette.Special features: Downton Abbey : the making of ; Downton Abbey : a hoFor home use only.LSC 36.99SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing).
Formatted Contents Note: Disc one, Part one: News at breakfast -- The new valet -- A question of inheritance -- A chance -- Exploring -- Changing lives / directed by Brian Percival (66 min.); Part two: A lawyer in the family -- The compliment of a visit -- An unhidden past -- Playing parts / directed by Ben Bolt (48 min.); Special features: The making of "Downton Abbey" (13 min.); A house in history (10 min.); Great British heritage pass (1 min.); PBS.org [text feature].
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, David Katznelson, David Marsh ; editors, John Wilson, Nick McPhee, Alex Mackie ; production designer, Donal Woods ; music, John Lunn ; costume designer, Susannah Buxton ; make up and hair designer, Anne 'Nosh' Oldham ; historical advisor, Alastair Bruce.
Participant or Performer Note: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Siobhan Finneran, Joanne Froggatt, Thomas Howes, Rob James-Collier, Rose Leslie, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Dan Stevens, Penelope Wilton.