Elizabeth McGovern

The sweeping Downton Abbey saga continues, beginning six months after the unexpected death of Matthew Crawley, heir to Downton Abbey, husband to Lady Mary, and brand new father to a baby boy and successor, in a car accident. Although it is the 1920s, Britain still observes mourning rituals that are almost Victorian in their solemnity. Nonetheless, life goes on at Downton Abbey and the Crawleys are beginning to snap out of it.

Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above. After a tragedy at sea claims the life of the presumed heir, Lord Crawley is faced with...

The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.

The beloved characters of Downton Abbey take to the big screen, and it turns out that they've got a major event to prepare for. After all, it's not every day that royalty makes an appearance. Of course, it's not long before tensions are running high. The property isn't even close to ready when it becomes clear that Carson the butler will need to come out of retirement to help run this sinking ship before it's too late.

After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe's literary star has blazed...

Grant plays the dashing 18th century hero who poses as a member of the revolution to snatch imprisoned noblemen from the jaws of the guillotine and spirit them to safety in England.

The year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners, and its servants, while past scandals continue to loom. Return to the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey for the sixth and final season to discover what will finally become of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world. Secrets and rifts threaten the unity of the family, while...

Louis Capet, heir to the French throne, is kidnapped by a masked intruder. To save the Dauphin, Blakeney and his wife stage a public break-up, allowing her to get close to Robespierre and the Republic's authorities. She then regains the confidence of Chauvelin, her adversary and former lover, to help the Pimpernel unravel this mystery.

Amidst Robespierre's Reign of Terror, when the guillotine was always at the ready, the Scarlet Pimpernel defies the Revolutionaries to rescue the innocent. Yet the Pimpernel's wife, Lady Blakeney, the wittiest and most beautiful woman in London, is unaware of her husband's secret. When not disguised as his alter ego, Sir Percy Blakeley appears to be nothing but a handsome playboy. Join the Pimpernel as he risks his life for justice and Lady Blakeney...

"Splendour and passion, romance and heartbreak, scandal and rumours ... Set in an English country house from the years leading up to the First World War through to the early 1920s, Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. The house has been home to the aristocratic Crawley family for generations, but it is also where their servants live, plan and dream. In this evolving landscape nothing is assured, and could it be that even the Crawleys...