Downton Abbey - Season 2!

Downton Abbey will return:

ITV (UK) - Sept 18, 2011 and on PBS (USA) - Jan. 8, 2012

More on Season 1 of Downton Abbey

Here are some links so far:
Image gallery: Characters of Downton Abbey
Image gallery: Season 2 (Ep 1-4 and behind the scenes)
Image gallery: Season 2 (Ep 5-8)
Image gallery: Christmas episode
Image gallery: Downton Abbey Cast Off-screen
Video: TRAILERS FOR SEASON 2
Video: 5 Preview videos /behind scenes of season 2
Video: Behind the scenes (3 videos)
Video: Behind the scenes of season 2 with Mrs. Hughes, Anna, Bates and Carson
Video: Dan Stevens chats about season 2
Video: ITV previews Season 2
Video: Phenomenon of Downton Abbey
Video: Preview of Season 2
Video: Joanne Froggatt and Amy Nuttall discuss season 2
Video: Deconstructing Downton Abbey: A Masterclass
NY Times: Behind the scenes with Julian Fellowes
Michelle Dockery: What's an Essex girl doing at Downton Abbey?
Dan Stevens: Interview at Daily Mail
Countdown to Downton: Essential Guide to tv event of the year
Susannah Buxton, costume designer discusses wardrobe of Downton
Thomas (Rob James-Collier) on filming season 2
Images from season 2 at the Telegraph
Spoiler: article mentions railroad scene with Mary
Kate and Prince William are fans of Downton Abbey
Julian Fellowes working on season 3, possibility for seasons 4,5 and 6? (spoiler alert)
Julian Fellowes and why Downton wouldn't have worked on BBC
Daily Mail: Photos on set of season 2
10 Reasons to Watch Downton Abbey

New fan site worth visiting >>>>>> DowntOnline.com

Highlights of day 1 of press tour for 2nd season

Interview: Maggie Smith

Interview: Zoe Boyle

Interview: Iain Glen

Interview: Allen Leech & Jessica Brown Findlay

Interview: Laura Carmichael

Interview: Brendan Coyle

View: NEW IMAGES FROM SEASON TWO
(collage image found here)


~ New cast members ~

(L-R: Kennedy, Glen, Boyle
Macaninch, Nuttall, Pirrie)

Maria Doyle Kennedy (The Tudors) as Vera Bates (wife of John Bates)

Iain Glen (Spooks, Wives & Daughters) as Sir Richard Carlisle
Zoe Boyle (Sons of Anarchy) as Miss Lavinia Swire
Cal Macaninch (Wild At Heart, Holby Blue) as Lang, a new valet
Amy Nuttall (Emmerdale Farm, Hotel Babylon) as new housemaid Ethel
Daniel Pirrie is listed as Major Bryant (3 episodes)

TOP: Nicholas Blatt as Brookes
Christine Lohr as Mrs Bird (returning character)
Clare Calbraith as Jane Moorsum
Michael Cochrane (unspecified)
BOTTOM: Tom Feary-Campbell as Captain Smiley
Trevor White as Patrick Gordon
Lachlan Nieboer as Lieutenant Edward Courtenay
Kevin McNally (husband of Phyllis Logan (Mrs. Hughes) will play father of soldier)
more cast members here

~ Cast members in Christmas special ~
Nigel Havers will play Lord Hepworth
Sharon Small will play Marigold Shore
(maid to Lady Rosamond played by Samantha Bond)

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