The opening and closing series episodes will again be feature length continuing the story of the Crawley family and their servants in the early 1920s.
Cast:
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham - MAGGIE SMITH
Robert Earl of Grantham - HUGH BONNEVILLE
Lady Edith Crawley - LAURA CARMICHAEL
Mr Carson - JIM CARTER
John Bates - BRENDAN COYLE
Lady Mary Crawley - MICHELLE DOCKERY
Molesley - KEVIN DOYLE
Anna - JOANNE FROGGATT
Lady Rose - LILY JAMES
Thomas - ROB JAMES-COLLIER
Tom Branson - ALLEN LEECH
Mrs Hughes - PHYLLIS LOGAN
Cora, Countess of Grantham - ELIZABETH McGOVERN
Daisy - SOPHIE McSHERA
Alfred - MATT MILNE
Mrs Patmore - LESLEY NICOL
Isobel Crawley - PENELOPE WILTON
Jimmy - ED SPELEERS
Ivy - CARA THEOBOLD
Edna - MYANNA BURING
Michael Gregson - CHARLES EDWARDS
Nanny West - DI BOTCHER
Bill Molesley - BERNARD GALLAGHER
Postmistress - HELEN SHEALS
Charles Grigg - NICKY HENSON
Spratt - JEREMY SWIFT
Lady Shackleton - HARRIET WALTER
Farmers - MORAY TREADWELL and NIGEL BETTS
Waiter - TRISTAN BEINT