From the pen of award-winning writer Julian Fellowes comes the second series of hit drama, Downton Abbey, starring Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern. The lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them have been changed forever since the Great War was declared at the end of the last series . but the bloody battles aren't confined to the trenches as rivalries and passions run even deeper at Downton Abbey. Promoted to Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, Robert has new responsibilities and so does Downton. Although the veritable Mr Carson (Jim Carter) will no doubt be doing his utmost to ensure that standards have not slipped, even in the face of war.