Sunday night was a terrific night for fans of Julian Fellowes’ Downton Abbey. The night saw the start of the show’s second season on ITV, and then hours later and thousands of miles away, the show won four Emmys at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, for a total of six Emmys this year recognising its incredibly well received first season.
Courtesy of Classic FM, there now comes a gallery of images taken behind-the-scenes from the second season of the show that has just begun.
First airing back in September last year, the first episode of Downton Abbey was watched by more than nine million people in the UK as it was broadcast live, and more than eleven million factoring in ITV Player views. It has since gone on to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most critically acclaimed television show of last year, before taking four awards at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries or a Movie; Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (awarded to Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham); Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special; and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (awarded to Brian Percival). Very impressive stuff.
This new set of images gives us a nice look at the show from the set of its second season, which is to be one episode longer than its seven-episode first season, excluding the Downton Abbey Christmas Special that is scheduled to be broadcast on Christmas Day. Fellowes has already said he’s begun working on the third season, which is to be set in the 1920s. Without further ado, here are the thirteen lovely new images, each of which has a nice little description attached.
“Meet the cast of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“Elizabeth McGovern AKA Cora, the Countess of Grantham with Hugh Bonneville’s Robert, Earl of Grantham on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“Matthew Crawley, played by Dan Stevens, greets the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“The cast and crew prepare for another shot on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“A behind the scenes show from the new series of Downton Abbey”
“Sir Richard Carlisle, played by Iain Glenn on the new series of Downton Abbey”
“Action! Getting ready to film another scene for series 2 of Downton Abbey”
“Amy Nuttall as Housemaid Ethel Parks preparing for a shot on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“Thomas Howes aka William Mason and Jim Carter aka Mr Charles Carson on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“Amy Nuttall and her fellow housemaids on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“Hugh Bonneville has some last minute costume adjustments on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“Hugh Bonneville’s Earl of Grantham and Dan Stevens’ Matthew Crawley on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
“Dame Maggie Smith as The Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet and Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith on the set of Downton Abbey Series 2”
