Downton Abbey is a 2010 British television period drama series, produced by British media company Carnival Films (part of US media corporation NBC Universal) for the ITV network. It was created and principally written by the Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes. Following unusually high ratings for a television period drama series, ITV confirmed on 12 October 2010 that Downton Abbey would return for a second series in 2011. Read more in Wikipedia summary:

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