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　　Who created Downton Abbey? Downton Abbey was created by Julian Fellowes.

　　How many Downton Abbey films have been made? Two Downton Abbey films have been released as of 2024. Downton Abbey (2019) follows the Crawley family and staff preparing for a royal visit from King George V and Queen Mary, an event that stirs excitement and tension upstairs and downstairs. Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) sees the household split between welcoming a film crew to the estate and traveling to the south of France to uncover the mystery behind a villa left to Lady Violet. A third and final film—Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale—is set for release on September 12, 2025, with the plot kept under wraps, though it is expected to conclude the saga.

　　What awards did the series Downton Abbey win? Downton Abbey won multiple awards, including 15 Emmy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, a special award from BAFTA, and 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding ensemble performance.

　　Downton Abbey, British historical drama series created by Julian Fellowes that ran for six seasons, from 2010 to 2015. Set primarily in a sprawling estate in Yorkshire, England, the show captures the daily rhythms and routines and larger trials and tribulations of members of the British aristocracy and their household staff in the early 20th century. Premiering on September 26, 2010, the ITV show, telecast in the United States by PBS, was widely popular as well as critically lauded, winning a Guinness World Records title in 2011 for the highest critical review ratings for a television show. A masterful recreation ...(100 of 459 words)

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