Downton Abbey: episode by episode
Downton Abbey – the finale: 'happy endings for virtually every single character'
A warm Christmas send-off for the Crawleys and all those who work for them – but who has won the last-ever Golden Eyebrow of the week?
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode eight – Uncle Julian finally pulls it off
You wait six years for an excellent episode to come along and suddenly there it actually is, with a feature-length instalment full of love, showdowns and, yes, still a few crazy subplots
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode seven – Carson is baking bad
There’s excitement with a blazing car, thrills in Mrs Patmore’s organic B&B and a proposal for Edith at last. But with only one episode to go before the Christmas finale, how are we going to wrap everything up in time?
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode six – roll up for the magical Grantham tour!
The state rooms are thrown open to the public as Downton chucks out some potentially interesting storylines to make sure the Groundhog Day effect keeps happening. And happening
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode five – meet zombie Lord Grantham
Lord Grantham’s mystery illness comes to the fore, Carson has a personality transplant and Branson and Lady Mary discuss the past
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode four – Cousin Violet turns Corbynite!
Thomas returns to the dark side of butlering, Sgt Willis is kept busy and Cousin Violet fights hard to resist centralised government
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode three – wedding bells, plot hells
Charles and Elsie’s big day is almost as underwhelming as Cousin Violet and Cousin Isobel’s war over the hospital. But there’s hope for Edith at last – a man who can make coffee!
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode two – we're drowning in subplots, m'lud
Mr Drewe’s pigs? Daisy’s Corbynesque awakening? Lady Mary becoming the agent? If these are the storylines that are supposed to be keeping us entertained in Downton’s final stretch, we’re in trouble
Downton Abbey recap series six, episode one – love in the air downstairs
Mrs Patmore has a frank conversation with Mr Carson, the mystery of the mudered valet is finally solved and Daisy strikes a blow for workers’ rights
Downton Abbey Christmas special recap – it worked as retro festive wallpaper
Viv Groskop: Beautifully shot and wonderfully acted, yet all a bit too overcomplicated and drawn out. It must be the Downton Christmas special!
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode eight – a fittingly weird finale
Viv Groskop’s episode blog: What with the inevitable doggy demise and a scandal that stretched incredulity to the limit, this feature-length finale was, even by this show’s standards, pretty eccentric. Roll on series six!
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode seven – take anyone but Isis!
Viv Groskop: There was a lot of action in this penultimate episode, but one storyline dominates – the dog has cancer and may not be long for this world
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode six – grand passion for the Dowager Countess
Viv Groskop: This was a good – perhaps even very good – episode, with romance, relationships exposed and even some potential for plot resolution
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode five – a sedate echo of previous plots
Viv Groskop: Not even a late, lavish cocktail party could save this episode, and the plot-based deja vu is becoming exhausting for regular viewers
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode four – dangerously close to an actual plot
Viv Groskop: We’re halfway through the series, so let’s celebrate with what must be the most hideous moment in the history of Downton, and possibly the English language
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode three: 'Like Great British Bake Off filmed by Steven Berkoff'
Viv Groskop’s episode blog: The plot is still all over the place – but the weird Russians and a splendid turn from Spratt, kept things bubbling along
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode two
Viv Groskop’s episode blog Sigh … what a dismally dull affair this was. Do the producers really think the appearance of a toaster constitutes plot development? We need a wedding – and fast
Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode one
It’s vintage Downtown as we return to the Abbey in 1924: Hi-de-Hi! meets The Towering Inferno anyone?
Downton Abbey recap: Christmas special 2013
Viv Groskop: An aesthetically pleasing if narratively disappointing feature-length episode, which promised many romantic happy endings, but ended with the amorous equivalent of a stale mince pie
Downton Abbey recap: series four, episode eight
Viv Groskop: It's over. But even after a truly exhausting series finale, we still have so many questions. Blink, and you may miss the answers
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