Downton Abbey Season 1 & 2

The first two series of the award-winning ITV costume drama following the lives and loves of those above and below stairs in a stately home prior to the outbreak of World War One.

The Grantham family, long time custodians of Downton Abbey, face a crisis when the heir to the estate dies on the Titanic. With his three daughters unable to inherit by law, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), the current Earl of Grantham, must try and marry his eldest daughter off in order to obtain an heir. Meanwhile, the family's deter­mination to cling to class and rank is mirrored in a number of growing rivalries between the servants which threaten to undermine the smooth running of the house.

In series two, after the outbreak of WWI, Matthew (Dan Stevens) and Thomas (Rob James-Collier) are off fighting at the Somme, while both Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) and William (Thomas Howes) feel frustrated at being barred from taking part in the fighting. Meanwhile, Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) defies her aristocratic position and enlists in the Royal Army Nursing Corps, while Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) puts on a brave face when Matthew arrives home on leave with his future wife Lavinia Swire (Zoe Boyle) in tow.

Awards

2012 Won – Golden Globe – Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
2011 Won – BAFTA TV Award – Best Director Fiction/Enter­tainment, Brian Percival.
2011 Won – Broadcasting Press Guild Award – Best Drama Series & Writer's Award Julian Fellowes
2012 Won- TCA Award, Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials
2012 Won – Television Award, International Television: Best Series (Internacionales de televisión: Mejor serie)
2011 Won – Banff Rockie Award, Best Mini-Series
2012 Won – CDG Award, Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries
2013 Won – Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television – Maggie Smith
2011 Won – Primetime Emmys, Outstanding Miniseries or Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Maggie Smith, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries.
2011 Won – RTS Craft & Design Award, Best Photography: Drama
2012 Won – TRIC Award, TV Drama Programme of the Year
2011 Won – TRIC Award, TV Drama Programme of the Year
2012 Won – Primetime Emmys, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Maggie Smith. Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.
2012 Won – Satellite Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Maggie Smith
2013 Nominated – Golden Globe, Best Television Series – Drama
2013 Nominated- Art Directors Guild, Excellence in Production Design Award
2013 Nominated – CDG Award, Outstanding Costume Design for Period/Fantasy Television Series