The Crawley family and their servants may have their ups and downs but they’re not going anywhere. Popular UK series Downton Abbey has been renewed for a sixth season.
The fifth season will finish airing overseas this Sunday and will kick off on Sunday, January 4th, on PBS’ Masterpiece series.
Here are the renewal details:
ITV commissions a sixth series of Downton Abbey
ITV and Carnival Films, the producers of Downton Abbey, today announce that production will begin early next year on a sixth series of the hit drama.
The globally successful and multi award-winning series, debuted on ITV in 2010 and has since been sold to over 250 territories worldwide. The fifth season, which comes to an end on Sunday 9th November, has been watched by an average of 10.4 million based on consolidated data per episode and will return at Christmas for a festive edition of the drama. Season 5 will premiere on MASTERPIECE on PBS on Sunday 4th January 2015.
Carnival’s Managing Director, Gareth Neame said:
“We have had an amazing reaction to the story lines, acting and production values of Downton Abbey this year and the whole team is thrilled to be moving ahead with a new season of the show. This will provide audiences with a fresh opportunity to see what will befall our much loved characters.”
ITV’s Director of Drama Commissioning, Steve November said,
“It is fantastic that Downton continues to be such a phenomenon – still the most popular drama on ITV in its fifth series – and we are thrilled to have commissioned a sixth series. We don’t know yet what Julian has planned, but we are looking forward to working with him, the fantastic cast and Carnival again and have no doubt series six will be unmissable.”
Downton Abbey is a Carnival Films/MASTERPIECE co-production.
What do you think? Do you like watching Downton Abbey? How long do you think it should continue?
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7 Comments on "Downton Abbey: Season Six Renewal for UK Series"
I have been watching it since season 1 and I love it I especially live the 1920’s. And the dresses that the women wear and also the hats. My grandmother got married in that error.
Watching Downton Abbey is like reading an old classic novel……..its so refreshing from all the other “shows” that are on tv ….it may not be for everyone but it is amazing to watch a period drama. I especially loved it wen they showed the hair curler mary got n the electric mixer Mrs patmore was afraid to use
I am open to many more seasons of Downton Abbey!
I find the shows drag, poor repetitive old story lines. Come on is Fellows so insecure he has to let Isis die? I have watched from the beginning and never knew his name. Call him Icee and get over it, it’s from mythology. Glad to see it go, it has no place to go anymore. Far better Brit shows on TV and Acorn.
I love “Downton Abbey;” and personally, I hope Julien Fellowes and company can continue the show for several more seasons. I appreciate his dedication to making Downton a fictionalized account of the early decades of the twentieth century. I would love for the show (maybe with the cast changing as the years pass as the newer “Upstairs, Downstairs” did) to last long enough to go through the 1930s with the Great Depression, into the 1940s with Britain’s role in WW2, and possibly into the 1950s when these great houses like Downton faced the economics of modern living.
Downton Abbey is better than the junk the networks are showing Sunday night.
EXCELLENT! Great way to start the new year here. I have Downton on DVD’s and have recently been replaying the first year, enjoying little tidbits I missed the first time round. Looking forward to the new episodes of this first class series!