List of Downton Abbey episodes#Series Five .282014.29

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Downton Abbey is a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/downton-abbey-masterpiece |title=Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=28 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413112333/http://www.emmys.com/shows/downton-abbey-masterpiece |archive-date=13 April 2013 }} It first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2010 and on PBS in the United States on 9 January 2011, as part of the Masterpiece Classic anthology. Six series have been made, the sixth airing in the autumn of 2015 in the UK and Ireland and in January 2016 in the United States. On 26 March 2015, the sixth series was confirmed to be the final series,{{cite news | url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/29/downton-abbey-to-be-axed-after-the-sixth-series-in-2015-with-cast-members-already-looking-for-jobs-in-the-us-5040619/ | title=Downton Abbey 'to be axed after the sixth series in 2015 with cast members already looking for jobs in the US' | work=Metro (British newspaper) | date=29 January 2015 | access-date=26 March 2015 | last=Duncan | first=Amy | archive-date=2 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124004/http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/29/downton-abbey-to-be-axed-after-the-sixth-series-in-2015-with-cast-members-already-looking-for-jobs-in-the-us-5040619/ | url-status=live }} with the final episode airing in the UK on 25 December 2015 on ITV. During the course of the programme, 52 episodes of Downton Abbey aired over six series. Since the series reached streaming, the customary Christmas special episode of series 2-6 was divided into two parts.{{efn|Episodes 16, 25, 34, 43 and 52 of series 2-5 respectively are divided into two on Prime Video, totaling 57 overall episodes.}}

Two feature films, Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022), have since been produced.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/13/downton-abbey-film-confirmed-to-shoot-this-summer-with-series-cast-returning|title=Downton Abbey film confirmed to shoot this summer with series cast returning|work=The Guardian|date=13 July 2018|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115233606/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/13/downton-abbey-film-confirmed-to-shoot-this-summer-with-series-cast-returning|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/news/downton-abbey-movie-release-date-cast-spoilers|title=Everything you need to know about the Downton Abbey movie|date=2 November 2018|publisher=GoodHouseKeeping.co.uk|access-date=8 November 2018|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115233604/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a570356/downton-abbey-movie-release-date-cast-spoilers/|url-status=live}}