Return to Cranford concludes Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. (Limited TV airings; check local listings.) The social scene becomes the center of attention when a surprise guest arrives. Close friendships will become strained. Tragedy also looms — will the close-knit community stay together? Downton Fans: Find Us on Facebook If you aren’t following MASTERPIECE on Facebook, now is the time! Get insider details on Downton Abbey season 2, exclusive video, offers and more. Watch Online Starting Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, see both episodes of Return to Cranford. Watch full episodes or select your favorite scenes. For a limited time only. Downton … Continue reading →

The Downton Abbey estate stands a splendid example of Victorian confidence and mettle, its family enduring for generations and its staff a well-oiled machine of propriety. But change is afoot at Downton — change far surpassing the new electric lights and telephone. A crisis of inheritance threatens to displace the resident Crawley family, in spite of the best efforts of the noble and compassionate Earl, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville, Miss Austen Regrets); his American heiress wife, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern); his comically implacable, opinionated mother, Violet (Maggie Smith, David Copperfield); and his beautiful, eldest daughter, Mary, intent on charting her own … Continue reading →