Product Details

• Actors: Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern Hugh Bonneville
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Studio: PBS
• Run Time: 912 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (249 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B007712XAU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,277 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Downton Abbey: Money, love and legacy - all under one roof! Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. Downton is the home of the Crawleys, who have been the earls of Grantham since 1772. In the drawing rooms, library and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below the stairs are other residents - the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above. Some of them are loyal to the family and are committed to Downton as a way of life, others are moving through, on the lookout for new opportunities, love or just adventure. In Season 2 the war is on, and everything and everyone is changing. The Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions - love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal. Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, and Elizabeth McGovern lead the stellar cast of familiar faces, and Maria Doyle Kennedy, Iain Glen, and Zoe Boyle are just a few of the new arrivals adding to the delicious drama. Downton Abbey premičred on PBS in January 2011 and promptly won six Primetime Emmy Awards, one of which was for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. Over 15 hours of entertainment on 6 DVDs in total. Extras include "Making of Downton Abbey" and "A House in History."

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

216 of 225 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a boxset for the Uncut versions of Downton Abbey... NOT THE "CUT UP" PBS MASTERPIECE VERSIONS THAT CLAIM BEING UNCUT! March 12, 2012

By Ryan

Format:Blu-ray

Finally a complete boxset of the UNCUT versions of Downton Abbey series 1 and 2 THATS RIGHT UNCUT!!! Hence the Complete Collection on the Box! This does not include the Christmas special but, that is not a part of series 2 anyways... its its own separate entity... after watching the "cut" PBS Masterpiece editions that claim to be uncut and ARE NOT (also the editing of the PBS versions is terrible! very choppy!) and then watching this set I can now say I am glad I ponied up the extra money to buy this set... if you thought there was something wrong with the versions you watched and that there was something missing, you would be right! There is more footage across the whole series and it really makes it more amazing than I had already thought it was! I would compare it to the Lord of the Rings movies... The theatrical releases where obviously good but when the studios released the extended editions it was INCREDIBLE! That's this box set! It's the way it was meant to be seen! I call it Uncut, but for those of you who fell in love with the series on your local PBS station, you will be in for a real treat when you buy the "extended" editions! I hope you enjoy this series as much as I have!Enjoy!

208 of 230 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars I love Downton Abbey! I DO NOT love this particular item! February 6, 2012

By Kanga

Format:Blu-ray

Buy a different set! This one is not complete - season 2 is missing the last episode, Christmas Special! Unfortunately, the publisher failed to provide any info that the last episode is not included in this set . . .
Also - these is no information on the set box, the dvd boxes, nor on the discs themselves what episodes are in what box, and on each disc! We are talking some 14 episodes, plus extras . . . It would be helpful!
I suggest buy other sets, and check the list of episodes included! If there is one to check . . . :)
Otherwise - I'm still a big fan of the series. Not of the team that marketed this item though!

91 of 102 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Totally Disappointed May 9, 2012

By GeeJo47

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I was so disappointed when I realized that the final episode for the second season was not included in this collection. I think that Amazon should recompense us for being ripped off or provide us with a copy of the final episode for free.