

The first film adaptation received an "84% Certified Fresh" rating, while "A New Era" opened with an "80% Fresh" rating. "Downton Abbey" has a "91% Fresh" rating on review-aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on its six-season run. The ensemble went through many changes over the years, but other key cast members include Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, and Rob James-Collier. Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern star as Robert and Cora Crawley, the Lord and Lady Grantham, alongside Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley.

Each season depicts how the characters deal with real historical events, including World War I and the Spanish Influenza pandemic. The series explores the lives of the aristocracy as well as the servants who work for them. Downton Abbey, the award-winning series from Julian Fellowes, spans 12 years of gripping drama centered on a great English estate on the cusp of a vanishing way of life. "Downton Abbey" is set in England during the early 1900s on a fictional estate owned by the wealthy Crawley family. After a tragedy at sea claims the life of the presumed heir, Lord Crawley is faced with the possibility that the house hes loved his whole life might. Season 3 Summary: The third season of Downton Abbey covers the beginning of a new decade.

Season 3 spans less time than previous seasons covering 1920 through 1921. The story continued in a 2019 film, and a new sequel was released on May 20. Downton Abbey season 3 has nine episodes (eight regular episodes and the Christmas special: A Journey to the Highlands.). "Downton Abbey" is a popular period drama that began as a TV series that ran from 2010 to 2015.
