List of Downton Abbey episodes

Downton Abbey is a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece.^[1] It first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2010 and on PBS in the United States on 9 January 2011, as part of the Masterpiece Classic anthology. Six series have been made, the sixth airing in the autumn of 2015 in the UK and Ireland and in January 2016 in the United States. On 26 March 2015, the sixth series was confirmed to be the final series,^[2] with the final episode airing in the UK on 25 December 2015 on ITV. During the course of the programme, 52 episodes of Downton Abbey aired over six series. Two feature films, Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022), have since been produced.^[3]^[4]

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired		Ave. UK viewers (millions)^[5]
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Ave. UK viewers (millions)^[5]
1	7	26 September 2010 (2010-09-26)	7 November 2010 (2010-11-07)	9.70
2	8	18 September 2011 (2011-09-18)	6 November 2011 (2011-11-06)	11.68
2	Special	25 December 2011 (2011-12-25)		11.68
3	8	16 September 2012 (2012-09-16)	4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)	11.91
3	Special	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)		11.91
4	8	22 September 2013 (2013-09-22)	10 November 2013 (2013-11-10)	11.84
4	Special	25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)		11.84
5	8	21 September 2014 (2014-09-21)	9 November 2014 (2014-11-09)	10,40
5	Special	25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)		10,40
6	8	20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)	8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)	10.42
6	Special	25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)		10.42

Episodes

Series 1 (2010)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[6]
1	1	"Episode One"	Brian Percival	Julian Fellowes	26 September 2010 (2010-09-26)	9.25
2	2	"Episode Two"	Ben Bolt	Julian Fellowes	3 October 2010 (2010-10-03)	9.97
3	3	"Episode Three"	Ben Bolt	Julian Fellowes	10 October 2010 (2010-10-10)	8.97
4	4	"Episode Four"	Brian Kelly	Julian Fellowes, Shelagh Stephenson	17 October 2010 (2010-10-17)	9.70
5	5	"Episode Five"	Brian Kelly	Julian Fellowes	24 October 2010 (2010-10-24)	9,40
6	6	"Episode Six"	Brian Percival	Julian Fellowes, Tina Pepler	31 October 2010 (2010-10-31)	9.84
7	7	"Episode Seven"	Brian Percival	Julian Fellowes	7 November 2010 (2010-11-07)	10.77

Series 2 (2011)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[6]
8	1	"Episode One"	Ashley Pearce	Julian Fellowes	18 September 2011 (2011-09-18)	11.41
9	2	"Episode Two"	Ashley Pearce	Julian Fellowes	25 September 2011 (2011-09-25)	11.77^{[nb 1]}
10	3	"Episode Three"	Andy Goddard	Julian Fellowes	2 October 2011 (2011-10-02)	11.33^{[nb 2]}
11	4	"Episode Four"	Brian Kelly	Julian Fellowes	9 October 2011 (2011-10-09)	11.30^{[nb 3]}
12	5	"Episode Five"	Brian Kelly	Julian Fellowes	16 October 2011 (2011-10-16)	11.59^{[nb 4]}
13	6	"Episode Six"	Andy Goddard	Julian Fellowes	23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)	11.33^{[nb 5]}
14	7	"Episode Seven"	James Strong	Julian Fellowes	30 October 2011 (2011-10-30)	12.26^{[nb 6]}
15	8	"Episode Eight"	James Strong	Julian Fellowes	6 November 2011 (2011-11-06)	12.45^{[nb 7]}
Special
16	–	"Christmas at Downton Abbey"	Brian Percival	Julian Fellowes	25 December 2011 (2011-12-25)	12.11^{[nb 8]}

Series 3 (2012)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[6]
17	1	"Episode One"	Brian Percival	Julian Fellowes	16 September 2012 (2012-09-16)	11.43^{[nb 9]}
18	2	"Episode Two"	Brian Percival	Julian Fellowes	23 September 2012 (2012-09-23)	12.08^{[nb 10]}
19	3	"Episode Three"	Andy Goddard	Julian Fellowes	30 September 2012 (2012-09-30)	11.96^{[nb 11]}
20	4	"Episode Four"	Andy Goddard	Julian Fellowes	7 October 2012 (2012-10-07)	11.83^{[nb 12]}
21	5	"Episode Five"	Jeremy Webb	Julian Fellowes	14 October 2012 (2012-10-14)	11.93^{[nb 13]}
22	6	"Episode Six"	Jeremy Webb	Julian Fellowes	21 October 2012 (2012-10-21)	12.06^{[nb 14]}
23	7	"Episode Seven"	David Evans	Julian Fellowes	28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)	11.82^{[nb 15]}
24	8	"Episode Eight"	David Evans	Julian Fellowes	4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)	12.15^{[nb 16]}
Special
25	–	"A Journey to the Highlands"	Andy Goddard	Julian Fellowes	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)	10.28^{[nb 17]}

Series 4 (2013)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[6]
26	1	"Episode One"	David Evans	Julian Fellowes	22 September 2013 (2013-09-22)	11.96^{[nb 18]}
27	2	"Episode Two"	David Evans	Julian Fellowes	29 September 2013 (2013-09-29)	12.10^{[nb 19]}
28	3	"Episode Three"	Catherine Morshead	Julian Fellowes	6 October 2013 (2013-10-06)	11.86^{[nb 20]}
29	4	"Episode Four"	Catherine Morshead	Julian Fellowes	13 October 2013 (2013-10-13)	11.75^{[nb 21]}
30	5	"Episode Five"	Philip John	Julian Fellowes	20 October 2013 (2013-10-20)	11.39^{[nb 22]}
31	6	"Episode Six"	Philip John	Julian Fellowes	27 October 2013 (2013-10-27)	11.54
32	7	"Episode Seven"	Edward Hall	Julian Fellowes	3 November 2013 (2013-11-03)	11.93
33	8	"Episode Eight"	Edward Hall	Julian Fellowes	10 November 2013 (2013-11-10)	12.16
Special
34	–	"The London Season"	Jon East	Julian Fellowes	25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)	9.4^{[nb 23]}

Series 5 (2014)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[6]
35	1	"Episode One"	Catherine Morshead	Julian Fellowes	21 September 2014 (2014-09-21)	10.71
36	2	"Episode Two"	Catherine Morshead	Julian Fellowes	28 September 2014 (2014-09-28)	10.46
37	3	"Episode Three"	Catherine Morshead	Julian Fellowes	5 October 2014 (2014-10-05)	10.15
38	4	"Episode Four"	Minkie Spiro	Julian Fellowes	12 October 2014 (2014-10-12)	10.25
39	5	"Episode Five"	Minkie Spiro	Julian Fellowes	19 October 2014 (2014-10-19)	10.39
40	6	"Episode Six"	Philip John	Julian Fellowes	26 October 2014 (2014-10-26)	9.87
41	7	"Episode Seven"	Philip John	Julian Fellowes	2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)	10.77
42	8	"Episode Eight"	Michael Engler	Julian Fellowes	9 November 2014 (2014-11-09)	10.44
Special
43	–	"A Moorland Holiday"	Minkie Spiro	Julian Fellowes	25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)	7.99

Series 6 (2015)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[6]
44	1	"Episode One"	Minkie Spiro	Julian Fellowes	20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)	10.32
45	2	"Episode Two"	Minkie Spiro	Julian Fellowes	27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)	10.04
46	3	"Episode Three"	Philip John	Julian Fellowes	4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)	10.04
47	4	"Episode Four"	Philip John	Julian Fellowes	11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)	10.39
48	5	"Episode Five"	Michael Engler	Julian Fellowes	18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)	10.60
49	6	"Episode Six"	Michael Engler	Julian Fellowes	25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)	10.31
50	7	"Episode Seven"	David Evans	Julian Fellowes	1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)	10.49
51	8	"Episode Eight"	David Evans	Julian Fellowes	8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)	11.15
Special
52	–	"The Finale"	Michael Engler	Julian Fellowes	25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)	11.22

Films

Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

Notes

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