What is Downton Abbey about?
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Downton Abbey (2010)
Witness the Crawley family's elegant lives and witty banter as history reshapes their aristocratic world.
Cozy and nostalgic, with dry wit. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video and Peacock.
Downton Abbey parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-14 promises: some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Created byJulian Fellowes
StarringMaggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Joanne Froggatt, Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan
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