A Metascore of 91 from 16 critics and an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score, plus a Guinness World Record for highest critical ratings for a TV show in 2011, mark Series 1 as the high-water mark the franchise spent five more series trying to match.
Renewal: The six-series run concluded with a Christmas special on 25 December 2015. Two feature films followed in 2019 and 2022. A third film, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, premiered in 2025. (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12010 · 7 eps | 26 September 2010 | 9.0 | 86% | 8.7/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 22011 · 9 eps | 18 September 2011 | 8.8 | 100% | 8.7/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 32012 · 9 eps | 16 September 2012 | 7.8 | 83% | 8.7/10 | WORTH-IT |
| Season 42013 · 9 eps | 22 September 2013 | 7.2 | n/a | 8.7/10 | WORTH-IT |
| Season 52014 · 9 eps | 21 September 2014 | 7.5 | 100% | 8.7/10 | WORTH-IT |
| Season 62015 · 9 eps | 20 September 2015 | 7.8 | 91% | 8.7/10 | WORTH-IT |
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The premiere establishes the Crawley family and Downton's below-stairs world simultaneously, using the news of the Titanic's sinking to precipitate a succession crisis that drives the entire first series. Fellowes's structural confidence is immediately apparent: the class hierarchy is conveyed through behaviour rather than exposition, and the Dowager Countess arrives fully formed.
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