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The main cast have signed up.<ref>[http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/downton-abbey-season-5-planning-underway-different-era-on-tap/ Downton Abbey: Season 5 Planning Underway, Different Era on Tap], TV Fanatic, Matt Richenthal, 7th August, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/downton-abbey-cast-talks-season-600512 'Downton Abbey' Cast Talks Season 4, Mourning Matthew and the Series' Future], Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6th August, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2396298/Downton-Abbey-deals-Downton-Abbey-stars-given-death-contracts.html No more Downton deaths! Fuming creator Fellowes locks stars into two-year handcuff deals to stop them 'doing a Matthew'], Chris Hastings and Simon Boyle, Daily Mail, 17th August, 2013. Quote: "Key characters including Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Cora), Maggie Smith (the Dowager Countess of Grantham), Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) and Lily James (Lady Rose) have all signed contracts that will bind them to the show at least until the end of series five."</ref> |
The main cast have signed up.<ref>[http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/downton-abbey-season-5-planning-underway-different-era-on-tap/ Downton Abbey: Season 5 Planning Underway, Different Era on Tap], TV Fanatic, Matt Richenthal, 7th August, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/downton-abbey-cast-talks-season-600512 'Downton Abbey' Cast Talks Season 4, Mourning Matthew and the Series' Future], Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6th August, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2396298/Downton-Abbey-deals-Downton-Abbey-stars-given-death-contracts.html No more Downton deaths! Fuming creator Fellowes locks stars into two-year handcuff deals to stop them 'doing a Matthew'], Chris Hastings and Simon Boyle, Daily Mail, 17th August, 2013. Quote: "Key characters including Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Cora), Maggie Smith (the Dowager Countess of Grantham), Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) and Lily James (Lady Rose) have all signed contracts that will bind them to the show at least until the end of series five."</ref> |
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− | [[Harriet Walter]] and [[Peter Egan]] will reprise their roles as [[Lady Shackleton]] and [[Hugh MacClare]] respectively. [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Anna Chancellor]], and [[Rade Sherbedgia]] join the cast, respectively playing [[Simon Bricker]], the [[Dowager Lady Anstruther]], and a Russian refugee named [[Kuragin]]. Maya Lindh and Ethan Chapples will play Rose's sister Annabelle and her husband, respectively. |
+ | [[Harriet Walter]] and [[Peter Egan]] will reprise their roles as [[Lady Shackleton]] and [[Hugh MacClare]] respectively. [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Anna Chancellor]], and [[Rade Sherbedgia]] join the cast, respectively playing [[Simon Bricker]], the [[Dowager Lady Anstruther]], and a Russian refugee named [[Kuragin]]. Maya Lindh and Ethan Chapples will play Rose's sister Annabelle and her husband, respectively. Shirley MacLaine and Paul Giamatti won't be reprising their respective roles as Martha and Harold Levinson, but they may possibly return in a future season. |
A casting call has gone out for twin baby girls to portray Edith and [[Michael Gregson]]'s [[NN Gregson|daughter]]. Whether or not [[Charles Edwards]] will return as Gregson remains unknown, but an answer as to what happened to him has been promised. Tension will also continue to rise between John and Anna, whose assault has not been forgotten. |
A casting call has gone out for twin baby girls to portray Edith and [[Michael Gregson]]'s [[NN Gregson|daughter]]. Whether or not [[Charles Edwards]] will return as Gregson remains unknown, but an answer as to what happened to him has been promised. Tension will also continue to rise between John and Anna, whose assault has not been forgotten. |
Revision as of 14:34, 24 July 2014
Series five of Downton Abbey is due to air in September[1] or October[2] 2014 on ITV with Julian Fellowes writing, and executive produced by Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge and Fellowes.[3]
Production
The main cast have signed up.[4][5][6]
Harriet Walter and Peter Egan will reprise their roles as Lady Shackleton and Hugh MacClare respectively. Richard E. Grant, Anna Chancellor, and Rade Sherbedgia join the cast, respectively playing Simon Bricker, the Dowager Lady Anstruther, and a Russian refugee named Kuragin. Maya Lindh and Ethan Chapples will play Rose's sister Annabelle and her husband, respectively. Shirley MacLaine and Paul Giamatti won't be reprising their respective roles as Martha and Harold Levinson, but they may possibly return in a future season.
A casting call has gone out for twin baby girls to portray Edith and Michael Gregson's daughter. Whether or not Charles Edwards will return as Gregson remains unknown, but an answer as to what happened to him has been promised. Tension will also continue to rise between John and Anna, whose assault has not been forgotten.
Allen Leech has suggested something sad happens in the opening episode, as well as that there is a campaign for the next Christmas special to be set at Christmas.
Synopsis
Set in 1924 and finishing at Christmas 1925[7], Series five will continue some of the storylines established in series four, including Mary Crawley’s relationship with Anthony Foyle and Charles Blake, Tom Branson’s flirtation with Sarah Bunting, Edith Crawley’s pregnancy, and will explore the aftermath of Rose MacClare’s broken engagement with Jack Ross.[8]
Episodes
- Episode 5.01
- Episode 5.02
- Episode 5.03
- Episode 5.04
- Episode 5.05
- Episode 5.06
- Episode 5.07
- Episode 5.08
- 2014 Christmas Special
Cast
Upstairs
- Michelle Dockery as Mary Crawley
- Laura Carmichael as Edith Crawley
- Allen Leech as Tom Branson
- Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley
- Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley
- Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley
- Lily James as Rose MacClare
- Samantha Bond as Rosamund Painswick
- Julian Ovenden as Charles Blake
- Tom Cullen as Anthony Foyle
- Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley
- Douglas Reith as Lord Merton
- Fifi Hart as Sybbie Branson
Downstairs
- Jim Carter as Mr Carson
- Phyllis Logan as Mrs Hughes
- Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates
- Brendan Coyle as John Bates
- Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter
- Sophie McShera as Daisy Mason
- Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley
- Lesley Nicol as Beryl Patmore
- Rob James-Collier as Thomas Barrow
- Ed Speleers as James Kent
- Jeremy Swift as Spratt
- Sue Johnston as Denker
Others
- Daisy Lewis as Sarah Bunting
- David Robb as Richard Clarkson
- Andrew Scarborough as Timothy Drewe
- Emma Lowndes as Margie Drewe
External Links
- Downton Abbey Casting News at PBS
- ‘Downton Abbey’ season 5 spoilers: Richard E. Grant, more join cast at CarterMatt
- Downton Abbey Season 5 Spoiler: Cast Has Big Plans for Christmas Special at Wet Paint
- Emma Lowndes at Curtis Brown
- Downton Abbey: Sue Johnston to guest star in series 5 at Digital Spy
- http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/downton-abbey-series-5-spoilers-itv-release-first-teaser-trailer-see/
References
- ↑ Downton Abbey series 5 first look pictures arrive but what is Tom Branson carrying?], TV News, April 24, 2014, 13:20, by Claire Hodgson
- ↑ First Look at Downton Abbey Series Five Filming, TV News, By Naomi Gordon, Thursday, Apr 24 2014, 15:49 BST
- ↑ ITV commissions a fifth series of Downton Abbey, ITV Press Centre, 10th November, 2013.
- ↑ Downton Abbey: Season 5 Planning Underway, Different Era on Tap, TV Fanatic, Matt Richenthal, 7th August, 2013.
- ↑ 'Downton Abbey' Cast Talks Season 4, Mourning Matthew and the Series' Future, Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6th August, 2013.
- ↑ No more Downton deaths! Fuming creator Fellowes locks stars into two-year handcuff deals to stop them 'doing a Matthew', Chris Hastings and Simon Boyle, Daily Mail, 17th August, 2013. Quote: "Key characters including Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Cora), Maggie Smith (the Dowager Countess of Grantham), Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) and Lily James (Lady Rose) have all signed contracts that will bind them to the show at least until the end of series five."
- ↑ Downton Abbey without Julian Fellowes
- ↑ Two Characters Killed off and another raped, The Telegraph, 11th November, 2013.