Lady Mary’s austere press-baron fiancé Richard Carlisle has turned out to be a chippy rotter, pinning her up against a wall and hissing: “Don’t you ever cross me, do you understand? Never!” Not the words of an ardent swain, surely?
Carlisle (Iain Glen) is a sneak, too, trying to poach a valued member of staff from under the nose of Robert (Hugh Bonneville). But perhaps Robert Crawley’s thoughts are elsewhere as his eyes seem to be straying towards a woman who isn’t his wife.
The best scenes this week are those between plucky Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) — who’s really come into her own in this series, growing from a brat into a woman with sensibility and conscience — and a mysterious, horribly injured soldier. He claims to be familiar with Downton Abbey and his presence rocks its once-solid foundations.
About this programme
6/8. A Canadian officer is brought to Downton for recuperation and disrupts everything. Ethel hears distressing news, Bates makes another attempt to settle matters with Vera, while Carson receives a tempting offer. Matthew gets used to life in a wheelchair with Mary as his round-the-clock carer. Costume drama, starring Amy Nuttall, Brendan Coyle, Jim Carter, Dan Stevens and Michelle Dockery.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
- Maggie Smith
- Robert, Earl of Grantham
- Hugh Bonneville
- Lady Sybil Crawley
- Jessica Brown Findlay
- Lady Edith Crawley
- Laura Carmichael
- Mr Carson
- Jim Carter
- John Bates
- Brendan Coyle
- Lady Mary Crawley
- Michelle Dockery
- O'Brien
- Siobhan Finneran
- Anna
- Joanne Froggatt
- Thomas
- Rob James-Collier
- Mrs Hughes
- Phyllis Logan
- Cora, Countess of Grantham
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Daisy
- Sophie McShera
- Mrs Patmore
- Lesley Nicol
- Ethel
- Amy Nuttall
- Matthew Crawley
- Dan Stevens
- Isobel Crawley
- Penelope Wilton
- Molesley
- Kevin Doyle
- Tom Branson
- Allen Leech
- Dr Clarkson
- David Robb
- Lavinia Swire
- Zoe Boyle
- Sir Richard Carlisle
- Iain Glen
- Jane Moorsum
- Clare Calbraith
- Maj Gordon
- Trevor White
Crew
- Director
- Andy Goddard
- Executive Producer
- Gareth Neame
- Executive Producer
- Julian Fellowes
- Executive Producer
- Rebecca Eaton
- Producer
- Liz Trubridge
- Writer
- Julian Fellowes
