Upstairs and Downstairs and Behind the Scenes
In a new special edition, PEOPLE goes inside Downton Abbey, which enchanted television audiences for six seasons with its addicting narratives and richly compelling characters. Inside a grand Yorkshire castle, the aristocratic Crawleys and their domestic servants played out personal dramas - love and death, triumph and scandal - amid tumultuous world events that unfolded from 1912 through the Roaring Twenties. Creator-writer Julian Fellowes' masterpiece exploded into a global phenomenon and vaulted onto the big screen with a wildly successful 2019 feature film. Now comes 2022's Downton Abbey: A New Era. PEOPLE has a deep look at the films, and the whole series, with exclusive photos and interviews with the cast and creative team.