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6 unusual facts about Downton Abbey


Alison Light

She broadcasts frequently on BBC radio and television; in 2012 she was consultant for a three part BBC 2 documentary series, Servants: the True Story of Life below Stairs, in part a response to the hugely popular Downton Abbey series.

Daniel Carr

Carr is the younger brother of actor Gary Carr, who appeared as jazz singer Jack Ross in series four of Downton Abbey, Julian FellowesITV blockbuster, set in a fictional Yorkshire country estate and depicting the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era.

Downton railway station

The fictional Downton station of the early 20th century, depicted in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey, was created at Horsted Keynes on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex.

Potassium hydrogenoxalate

During season one, episode one, of the television series Downton Abbey, the cook, Mrs. Patmore, has a pot of "salt of sorrel" on the kitchen preparation table that one of the servants uses to clean the brass and copper pots.

Siege of Lucknow

In the British television series Downton Abbey, the Dowager Countess, Violet Crawley, tells her grand-daughter during World War I, "War deals out strange tasks. Remember your great-aunt Roberta...She loaded the guns at Lucknow." (Season 2, Episode 1)

The Custom of the Country

Julian Fellowes has cited The Custom of the Country as an inspiration for his creative work, including Downton Abbey.


Mel Bernie Company

Inspired by the Edwardian and Art Deco jewelry of the TV show’s period, this collection was created by the design team at 1928 and approved by the Downton Abbey producers in England through an exclusive licensing agreement.


see also

Philip John

His television drama includes Murphy's Law, C4 feature length comedy Wedding Belles written by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh and primetime series like Being Human, for which he won a BAFTA nomination as Best Director, Ashes To Ashe and Downton Abbey.