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Downton Abbey

British historical drama television series (2010–2015)
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Summary

Downton Abbey is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51,670 views/month, #137 of 21,487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Director: Brian Percival[4], Brian Kelly[5], Andy Goddard[6], James Strong[7], Philip John[8], Jeremy Webb[9], Edward Hall[10], Catherine Morshead[11], Michael Engler[12], Lü Yue[13], David Evans[14]
  • Screenwriter: Julian Fellowes[15], Shelagh Stephenson[16]
  • Composer: John Lunn[17]
  • Genre: historical drama[18], drama television series[19], historical television series[20]
  • Cast member: Michelle Dockery[21], Hugh Bonneville[22], Laura Carmichael[23], Jessica Brown Findlay[24], Elizabeth McGovern[25], Maggie Smith[26], Penelope Wilton[27], Dan Stevens[28], David Robb[29], Allen Leech[30], Lily James[31], Tom Cullen[32], Julian Ovenden[33], Brendan Coyle[34]

Why It Matters

Downton Abbey has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Charlie Cox Dan Stevens Downton Abbey Ed Speleers Edward VIII Elizabeth McGovern George V George VI Hugh Bonneville Iain Glen Imelda Staunton James Fox Jessica Brown Findlay Kevin McNally Kiri Te Kanawa Lily James Maggie Smith Mary of Teck Matthew Goode Michelle Dockery Nellie Melba Netflix Neville Chamberlain Paul Giamatti Penelope Wilton Rose Leslie Shirley MacLaine United Kingdom Virginia Woolf

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1606375
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  2. 6w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 92850
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  4. 11w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0021182
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  5. 11w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com drama id → DOWNTON_ABBEY
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  6. 11w ago · ~2026-40263-25 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Downton Abbey universe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: Downton Abbey universe"
  7. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4ZWg9A
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  8. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0353846-Panstvi-Downton-TV-serial
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  9. 23w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer → John Lunn
    Image unavailable reason → —
    Instance of → television series
    Takes place in fictional universe → Downton Abbey universe
    + 52 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Tv maze series id: 251"
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