On TV Tonight: Watch Penelope Wilton in Season 5 - Episode 2 of Downton Abbey on PBS Masterpiece

Tonight Episode 2 of Downton Abbey ( co-star as Isobel Crawley)'s season 5 continues on PBS Masterpiece at 9/8c. Episode 2 will be 60 minutes long!

S5 Premiere Ratings News: 'Downton Abbey' returns to 10 million viewers
(via EW)

“We're incredibly excited that Downton Abbey's fans came out in force for the premiere of what has become a cultural phenomenon,” said PBS chief programmer Beth Hoppe.

 The new season starts with an intimately interlaced stories centered on an English country estate—a deliciously entertaining formula that has made it the highest-rated drama in PBS history. Downton Abbey, Season 5, airs Sundays, January 4 - March 1, 2015 on MASTERPIECE on PBS.

Episode 2 (60 minutes)

Rose tries to bring a wireless—and Sarah Bunting—into the house. Violet plays cupid, a charming visitor arrives, and Anna helps Mary in the most unexpected of ways.

Watch the early Season 5 preview trailer and a sneak peek scene from Episode 2 and more below...


Downton Abbey

New loves, new secrets, new Downton Abbey!

Downton Abbey returns for an epic fifth season of intimately interlaced stories centered on an English country estate—a deliciously entertaining formula that has made it the highest-rated drama in PBS history. Downton Abbey, Season 5, airs Sundays, January 4 - March 1, 2015 on MASTERPIECE on PBS.

Downton Abbey Season 5 features returning stars Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Penelope Wilton, Phyllis Logan, Lily James, Brendan Coyle, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Samantha Bond, Ed Speleers, Kevin Doyle, Raquel Cassidy, David Robb, Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Daisy Lewis, Douglas Reith, Jeremy Swift, and Andrew Scarborough.

This acclaimed ensemble is joined by guest stars Harriet Walter (Atonement), reprising her role as Lady Shackleton, and Peter Egan (Death at a Funeral), who returns as Lord Flintshire, together with completely new characters played by Richard E. Grant (Girls), Anna Chancellor (The Hour), and Rade Sherbedgia (24).
Also, check out and read the following...

Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley - Downton Abbey Season 4 

(On Set, cast promo photo, and random S5 episode stills and screen captures)

(source: ITV for DA episode and cast promo stills |

 various entertainment sites for on set photos)

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