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'''Series six''' of ''[[Downton Abbey (programme)|Downton Abbey]]'' is the final series of the show.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/carnival-films-and-itv-announce-season-6-be-final-downton-abbey Carnival Films and ITV announce Season 6 to be the final Downton Abbey] ITV.com, 26th March, 2015.</ref>
  
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'''Series Six''' is the final series of the romantic-drama show, {{Downton Abbey}}, and consisted of eight episodes and a {{Episode link|6|9|Christmas Special}} series finale.
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It premiered in the UK on [[ITV]] on 20 September 2015, and premiered in the US on [[PBS]] on January 3, 2016.<ref>''International Business Times'' -[http://www.ibtimes.com/downton-abbey-season-6-us-premiere-date-revealed-will-final-season-lead-movie-2035057 ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6 US Premiere Date Revealed; Will The Final Season Lead To A Movie?]</ref>
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A [[Downton Abbey: The Movie|feature film]] was produced, due to increasingly popular demand and ratings even years after the end of the TV programme. It was released in 2019.
   
 
== Production ==
  
== Production ==
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Production on series six started in early 2015.<ref>[http://www.eonline.com/news/595463/downton-abbey-renewed-for-season-6 Downton Abbey Renewed for Season 6], Chris Harnick, E! Online, 6 November, 2014.</ref>
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Production on the sixth and final series started in early 2015<ref>''E! Online'' - [http://www.eonline.com/news/595463/downton-abbey-renewed-for-season-6 Downton Abbey Renewed for Season 6], Chris Harnick, 6 November, 2014.</ref>.
   
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[[Julian Fellowes]] has described the theme of this final series as "resolution".<ref>''International Business Times'' - [http://www.ibtimes.com.au/downton-abbey-final-season-updates-season-6-theme-revealed-marys-romantic-life-continues-be-focus| Lady Mary's romantic life continues to be the focus], June 29, 2015 11:39 PM</ref>
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Matthew Goode and Harry Hadden-Paton will reprise their respective roles as Henry Talbot and Bertie Pelham.{{Cite}}
  
   
 
== Synopsis ==
  
== Synopsis ==
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The series will pick up six months after the end of Series 5, in 1925. Rose Aldridge and Tom Branson have both moved to America, but they may return for a visit.{{Cite}}
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The series picks up at least three to four months after the end of [[Series 5]], early in the year of 1925. The final episode ends with the New Year 1926 party.
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[[Rose Aldridge]] and [[Atticus Aldridge|her husband]], and [[Tom Branson]] and [[Miss Sybil Branson|Sybbie Branson]] have all moved to America. [[Rose Aldridge]] and [[Atticus Aldridge|her husband]] have moved to New York, and are assumed to be starting a family of their own. Tom Branson and his five-year-old daughter, [[Miss Sybil Branson|Sybbie]], soon return from Boston to stay.
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Mary starts spending more time with [[Henry Talbot]] but is unsure as to her true romantic feelings for him; Tom is certain that she does indeed love him. Edith starts going off to London more frequently to develop her publishing company and ends up hiring a [[Laura Edmunds|woman]] for her editor. She also renews her friendship with [[Bertie Pelham]], the agent at Brancaster Castle, and start a romance together. Meanwhile, Anna and Bates are having complications of their own; Anna having suffered two miscarriages and afraid that she cannot bear children. Wanting to help, Mary has her see Dr Ryder who diagnoses her condition as "cervical incompetence" which can be treated with a stitch.
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However, tensions begin to further escalate between Isobel, Violet and Cora about the Downton hospital being taken over by the British government in Yorkshire. In a desperate attempt to win everything over, Violet Crawley has [[Neville Chamberlain| Neville Chamberlin, the Minister of Health]], come for a dinner, which is tragically cut sort when Robert suddenly has a severe attack from a burst ulcer. One month later, the Crawleys make the decision to open the estate to the public for one day. Thomas Barrow begins to feel more isolated and lonely since he seems to be excluded from many things the servants accomplish. He ultimately tries to take his own life by slashing his wrists, but he is found by Ms Baxter, Andy and Mrs Hughes in time.
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Edith's romance with Bertie grows stronger and he proposes. Edith desires to accept but wonders what to do about young Marigold's future. Bertie accepts Marigold being his "ward" but a spiteful Mary reveals Marigold's identity as Edith's illegitimate child and Bertie breaks off the engagement. At this, Tom Branson suddenly loses his composure and angrily chastises Mary for always ruining things, not only for her sister, but for herself. Edith and Mary have a heated dispute, to which Edith says how Henry Talbot is perfect for her, and always has been, before leaving for London. Knowing that she will be able to do something for the two sisters, Tom writes to Violet Crawley, who returns from her tour of southern France, to help heal the longtime breach between her two granddaughters. After a talk with Mary, she has Mary admit that the reason she staunchly refuses to have Henry Talbot as her second husband is due to her fear of losing him as she did Matthew. Violet assures Mary that she must make peace with her sister and then herself.
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At Matthew Crawley's grave, Mary wonders if he would feel happy for her in choosing to marry another man, assuring that however much she loved Henry, she would always love him. Isobel is delighted of Mary's decision to marry again. Henry Talbot arrives and is puzzled at Mary's sudden decision to see him after she had thrown him out with her harsh words. Mary corrects this, admitting that she truly does love him in return and they agree to be married at the church. Edith arrives unexpectedly, and she and Mary reconcile.
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Sometime in August, Edith offers to send Marigold to a boarding school in London, where she (Edith) will spend most her days alone in [[Edith Pelham's Flat|her flat]]. Henry is still brooding over losing his best friend at the race at Brooklands and decides that he needs a job away from Downton; Tom decides to accompany him and they agree to keep it secret. Mary wonders why Henry feels listless and assures him of her enduring love for him. In London, he tells Edith that he is considering giving up car racing, for his own sake as much as Mary's. Edith receives a telegram from Rosamund to dine with her at the Ritz, but is shocked to see Bertie Pelham waiting for her.
   
 
== Episodes ==
  
== Episodes ==
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# [[Episode 6.01]]
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* {{Episode link|6|1}}
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# [[Episode 6.02]]
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* {{Episode link|6|2}}
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# [[Episode 6.03]]
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* {{Episode link|6|3}}
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# [[Episode 6.04]]
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* {{Episode link|6|4}}
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# [[Episode 6.05]]
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* {{Episode link|6|5}}
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# [[Episode 6.06]]
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* {{Episode link|6|6}}
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# [[Episode 6.07]]
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* {{Episode link|6|7}}
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# [[Episode 6.08]]
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* {{Episode link|6|8}}
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* {{Episode link|6|9}}
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# [[2015 Christmas Special]]
  
   
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== Cast ==
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==Cast==
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=== Upstairs ===
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=== Main Cast ===
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* [[Oliver & Zac Barker]] as [[George Crawley]]
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* [[Hugh Bonneville]] as [[Robert Crawley]] (9/9)
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* [[Samantha Bond]] as [[Rosamund Painswick]]
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* [[Laura Carmichael]] as [[Edith Pelham]] (9/9)
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* [[Hugh Bonneville]] as [[Robert Crawley]]
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* [[Jim Carter]] as [[Charles Carson]] (9/9)
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* [[Laura Carmichael]] as [[Edith Crawley]]
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* [[Raquel Cassidy]] as [[Phyllis Baxter]] (9/9)
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* [[Michelle Dockery]] as [[Mary Crawley]]
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* [[Brendan Coyle]] as [[John Bates]] (9/9)
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* [[Elizabeth McGovern]] as [[Cora Crawley]]
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* [[Michelle Dockery]] as [[Mary Talbot]] (9/9)
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* [[Maggie Smith]] as [[Violet Crawley]]
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* [[Kevin Doyle]] as [[Joseph Molesley]] (9/9)
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* [[Penelope Wilton]] as [[Isobel Crawley]]
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* [[Michael Fox]] as [[Andrew Parker]] (9/9)
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* NN as [[Marigold]]
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* [[Joanne Froggatt]] as [[Anna Bates]] (9/9)
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* [[Matthew Goode]] as [[Henry Talbot]] (6/9)
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* [[Harry Hadden-Paton]] as [[Herbert Pelham|Bertie Pelham]] (6/9)
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* [[Rob James-Collier]] as [[Thomas Barrow]] (9/9)
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* [[Allen Leech]] as [[Tom Branson]] (7/9)
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* [[Phyllis Logan]] as [[Elsie Carson]] (9/9)
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* [[Elizabeth McGovern]] as [[Cora Crawley]] (9/9)
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* [[Sophie McShera]] as [[Daisy Mason]] (9/9)
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* [[Lesley Nicol]] as [[Beryl Patmore]] (9/9)
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* [[Maggie Smith]] as [[Violet Crawley]] (9/9)
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* [[Penelope Wilton]] as [[Isobel Grey]] (9/9)
   
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===Recurring and Supporting Cast===
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=== Downstairs ===
  
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==== The Nobility ====
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* [[Jim Carter]] as [[Charles Carson]]
  
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* [[Raquel Cassidy]] as [[Phyllis Baxter]]
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* [[Charlie Anson]] as [[Larry Grey]] (1/9)
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* [[Brendan Coyle]] as [[John Bates]]
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* [[Matt Barber]] as [[Atticus Aldridge]] (1/9)
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* [[Kevin Doyle]] as [[Joseph Molesley]]
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* [[Samantha Bond]] as [[Rosamund Painswick]] (6/9)
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* [[Michael Fox]] as [[Andrew]]
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* [[Peter Egan]] as [[Hugh MacClare]] (1/9)
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* [[Joanne Froggatt]] as [[Anna Bates]]
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* [[Charlotte Hamblin]] as [[Anne Acland]] (1/9)
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* [[Rob James-Collier]] as [[Thomas Barrow]]
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* [[Lily James]] as [[Rose Aldridge]] (1/9)
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* [[Sue Johnston]] as [[Gladys Denker]]
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* [[Brendan Patricks]] as [[Evelyn Napier]] (1/9)
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* [[Phyllis Logan]] as [[Elsie Hughes]]
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* [[Ronald Pickup]] as [[Michael Reresby]] (1/9)
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* [[Sophie McShera]] as [[Daisy Mason]]
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* [[Douglas Reith]] as [[Richard Grey]] (7/9)
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* [[Lesley Nicol]] as [[Beryl Patmore]]
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* [[Harriet Walter]] as [[Lady Shackleton]] (2/9)
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* [[Jeremy Swift]] as [[Spratt]]
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* [[Patricia Hodge]] as [[Mirada Pelham]] (1/9)
   
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=== Others ===
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==== The Middle Class ====
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* [[Paul Copley]] as [[Mr Mason]]
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* [[Rick Bacon]] as [[Mr Henderson]] (1/9)
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* [[Matthew Goode]] as [[Henry Talbot]]
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* [[Oliver & Zac Barker]] as [[George Crawley]] (8/9)
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* [[Harry Hadden-Paton]] as [[Bertie Pelham]]
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* [[Philip Battley]] as [[John Harding]] (1/9)
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*[[Emma Lowndes]] as [[Margie Drewe]]
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* [[Antonia Bernath]] as [[Laura Edmunds]] (5/9)
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* [[Douglas Reith]] as [[Richard Grey]]
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* [[Devon Black]] as a [[Receptionist]] (1/9)
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* [[David Robb]] as [[Richard Clarkson]]
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* [[Patrick Brennan]] as [[Mr Dawes]] (6/9)
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* [[Andrew Scarborough]] as [[Timothy Drewe]]
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* [[Andrew Caley]] as [[Fatstock Judge]] (1/9)
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* [[Michael Cochrane]] as [[Albert Travis]] (3/9)
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* [[Paul Copley]] as [[Mr Mason]] (9/9)
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* [[Lucas Culff]] as [[Male Schoolchild]] (1/9)
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* [[Sebastian Dunn]] as [[Charlie Rogers]] (3/9)
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* [[Victoria Emslie]] as [[Audrey]] (4/9)
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* [[Rupert Frazer]] as [[Neville Chamberlain]]
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* [[James Greene]] as [[Mark Stiles]]
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* [[Peter Hamilton Dyer]] as [[Racing commentator]] (1/9)
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* [[Fifi Hart]] as [[Miss Sybil Branson|Sybbie Branson]] (5/9)
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* [[Amir Heath]] as [[Waiter at The Ritz]] (1/9)
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* [[Patricia Hodge]] as [[Mirada Pelham]] (1/9)
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* [[Hayley Jayne Standing]] as [[Lucy Philpotts]] (2/9)
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* [[Noah Jupe]] as [[Child Guest]] (1/9)
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* [[Christos Lawton]] as [[Billy]] (1/9)
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* [[Rose Leslie]] as [[Gwen Harding]] (1/9)
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* [[Adrian Lukis]] as [[John Darnley]] (1/9)
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* [[Emma Lowndes]] as [[Margie Drewe]] (1/9)
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* [[Nicholas Lumley]] as [[Auctioneer]] (1/9)
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* [[Eva & Karina Samms]] as [[Marigold]] (7/9)
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* [[Paul Prescott]] as [[Delegate 1]] (1/9)
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* [[Paul Putner]] as [[Mr Skinner]] (2/9)
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* [[David Robb]] as [[Richard Clarkson]] (7/9)
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* [[Jake Rowley]] as [[Paparazzo]] (1/9)
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* [[Andrew Scarborough]] as [[Timothy Drewe]] (1/9)
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* [[Alice Shuttleworth]] as [[Delegate 2]] (1/9)
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* [[Phoebe Sparrow]] as [[Amelia Grey]] (4/9)
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* [[Erin Surtees]] as [[Female Schoolchild]] (1/9)
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* [[Richard Teverson]] as [[Dr Ryder]] (2/9)
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* [[John Voce]] as [[Photographer]] (1/9)
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* [[Martin Walsh]] as [[Mr Finch]] (1/9)
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* [[Howard Ward]] as [[Sergeant Willis]] (5/9)
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* [[Kyra Williams]] as [[Delegate 3]] (1/9)
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==== The Servants ====
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* [[Alistair Bruce]] as [[Brancaster butler]] (1/9)
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* [[Trevor Cooper]] as [[Mr Moore]] (1/9)
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* [[Mark Morrell]] as [[Mr Fairclough]] (1/9)
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* [[Sue Johnston]] as [[Gladys Denker]] (5/9)
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* [[Jeremy Swift]] as [[Septimus Spratt]] (6/9)
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====Minor Characters====
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* [[Wendy Albiston]] as [[Abbey visitor 1]] (1/9)
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* [[David Keeling]] as [[Abbey visitor 2]] (1/9)
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* [[Ian Marr]] as [[Abbey visitor 3]] (1/9)
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* [[Tom Morley]] as [[Abbey visitor 4]] (1/9)
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* [[Milly Thomas]] as [[Abbey visitor 5]] (1/9)
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* [[Nichola Burley]] as [[Rita Bevan]] (1/9)
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== Videos ==
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[[File:Downton Abbey Starts Sunday 20 September|thumb|center|335 px|ITV Season 6 Trailer]]
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[[File:Downton Abbey, Final Season First Look|thumb|center|335 px|PBS Season 6 Trailer]]
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[[File:Downton Abbey ITV|thumb|center|335 px|Season 6 Taster]]
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==Photos==
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<gallery type="slideshow" position="center">
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Anna and Bates series 6.jpg
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Lord Grantham series 6.jpg
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Mary Edith and Cora series 6.jpg
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Mrs patmore and mrs hughes series 6.jpg
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mrs hughes and mr carson series 6.jpg
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violet crawley series 6.jpg
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Andy barrow molesley series 6.jpg
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Mary and Edith Series6.jpg
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Isobel Crawley Series 6.jpg
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Edith series 6.jpg
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Violet series 6.jpg
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</gallery>
   
 
== References ==
  
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== External Links ==
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* ''ITV'' - [https://www.itv.com/watch/downton-abbey/1a8697/1a8697a0044 Downton Abbey - Series 6 - Episode 1]
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;Other info
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* {{Imdb_episodes|1606375|Downton Abbey|seriesnum=6}}
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=== News ===
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*''Radio Times'' - [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-12/matthew-and-mary-reunite-as-downton-abbey-cast-celebrate-six-series-of-the-period-drama Matthew and Mary reunite as Downton Abbey cast celebrate six series of the period drama] By [http://www.radiotimes.com/authors/ellie-walker-arnott/ Ellie Walker-Arnott] Wednesday 12 August 2015 at 10:24AM
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*''Vanity Fair'' - [http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/08/downton-abbey-cast-farewell Downton Abbey Cast Says Farewell On Twitter] BY [http://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/melissa-locker MELISSA LOCKER] AUGUST 9, 2015 11:51 AM
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Series 5 ⇐
 

Series Six is the final series of the romantic-drama show, Downton Abbey, and consisted of eight episodes and a Christmas Special series finale.

It premiered in the UK on ITV on 20 September 2015, and premiered in the US on PBS on January 3, 2016.[1]

A feature film was produced, due to increasingly popular demand and ratings even years after the end of the TV programme. It was released in 2019.

Production

Production on the sixth and final series started in early 2015[2].

Julian Fellowes has described the theme of this final series as "resolution".[3]

Synopsis

The series picks up at least three to four months after the end of Series 5, early in the year of 1925. The final episode ends with the New Year 1926 party.

Rose Aldridge and her husband, and Tom Branson and Sybbie Branson have all moved to America. Rose Aldridge and her husband have moved to New York, and are assumed to be starting a family of their own. Tom Branson and his five-year-old daughter, Sybbie, soon return from Boston to stay.

Mary starts spending more time with Henry Talbot but is unsure as to her true romantic feelings for him; Tom is certain that she does indeed love him. Edith starts going off to London more frequently to develop her publishing company and ends up hiring a woman for her editor. She also renews her friendship with Bertie Pelham, the agent at Brancaster Castle, and start a romance together. Meanwhile, Anna and Bates are having complications of their own; Anna having suffered two miscarriages and afraid that she cannot bear children. Wanting to help, Mary has her see Dr Ryder who diagnoses her condition as "cervical incompetence" which can be treated with a stitch.

However, tensions begin to further escalate between Isobel, Violet and Cora about the Downton hospital being taken over by the British government in Yorkshire. In a desperate attempt to win everything over, Violet Crawley has Neville Chamberlin, the Minister of Health, come for a dinner, which is tragically cut sort when Robert suddenly has a severe attack from a burst ulcer. One month later, the Crawleys make the decision to open the estate to the public for one day. Thomas Barrow begins to feel more isolated and lonely since he seems to be excluded from many things the servants accomplish. He ultimately tries to take his own life by slashing his wrists, but he is found by Ms Baxter, Andy and Mrs Hughes in time.

Edith's romance with Bertie grows stronger and he proposes. Edith desires to accept but wonders what to do about young Marigold's future. Bertie accepts Marigold being his "ward" but a spiteful Mary reveals Marigold's identity as Edith's illegitimate child and Bertie breaks off the engagement. At this, Tom Branson suddenly loses his composure and angrily chastises Mary for always ruining things, not only for her sister, but for herself. Edith and Mary have a heated dispute, to which Edith says how Henry Talbot is perfect for her, and always has been, before leaving for London. Knowing that she will be able to do something for the two sisters, Tom writes to Violet Crawley, who returns from her tour of southern France, to help heal the longtime breach between her two granddaughters. After a talk with Mary, she has Mary admit that the reason she staunchly refuses to have Henry Talbot as her second husband is due to her fear of losing him as she did Matthew. Violet assures Mary that she must make peace with her sister and then herself.

At Matthew Crawley's grave, Mary wonders if he would feel happy for her in choosing to marry another man, assuring that however much she loved Henry, she would always love him. Isobel is delighted of Mary's decision to marry again. Henry Talbot arrives and is puzzled at Mary's sudden decision to see him after she had thrown him out with her harsh words. Mary corrects this, admitting that she truly does love him in return and they agree to be married at the church. Edith arrives unexpectedly, and she and Mary reconcile.

Sometime in August, Edith offers to send Marigold to a boarding school in London, where she (Edith) will spend most her days alone in her flat. Henry is still brooding over losing his best friend at the race at Brooklands and decides that he needs a job away from Downton; Tom decides to accompany him and they agree to keep it secret. Mary wonders why Henry feels listless and assures him of her enduring love for him. In London, he tells Edith that he is considering giving up car racing, for his own sake as much as Mary's. Edith receives a telegram from Rosamund to dine with her at the Ritz, but is shocked to see Bertie Pelham waiting for her.

Episodes

Cast

Main Cast

Recurring and Supporting Cast

The Nobility

The Middle Class

The Servants

Minor Characters

Videos

Downton_Abbey_Starts_Sunday_20_September

Downton Abbey Starts Sunday 20 September

ITV Season 6 Trailer

Downton_Abbey,_Final_Season_First_Look

Downton Abbey, Final Season First Look

PBS Season 6 Trailer

Downton_Abbey_ITV

Downton Abbey ITV

Season 6 Taster

Photos

References

  1. ↑ International Business Times -‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6 US Premiere Date Revealed; Will The Final Season Lead To A Movie?
  2. ↑ E! Online - Downton Abbey Renewed for Season 6, Chris Harnick, 6 November, 2014.
  3. ↑ International Business Times - Lady Mary's romantic life continues to be the focus, June 29, 2015 11:39 PM

External Links

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News

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