Hindsight may be 20/20, and Downton Abbey may seem like an obvious hit drama to you — but, believe it or not, the producers and those involved in season one didn’t know the historical series about the ...

Highclere Castle is a big old building 70 miles west of London, a fact that would be of little interest to the average American television viewer except that over the last two years it has also become ...

If you want to live like a royal on a commoner’s budget, now’s your chance: Highclere Castle, the real-life castle that stands in for Downton Abbey on the PBS series, is going up for rent on Airbnb.

Wouldn't you enjoy a cup of afternoon tea at Downton Abbey? How about dinner, or a special Christmas ball? Or just come and enjoy the manor for a couple of days, take a turn in the gardens, sit under ...

The fifth season of “Downton Abbey” doesn’t begin airing until Sunday, but Pat Alford and sister Judy LeBlanc already know what happens. They caught the first episode when it aired in London in the ...

Imagine driving up the winding entrance to “Downton Abbey” and being welcomed at the entrance to a very special Christmas ball. Then you enter the grand salon that’s been in countless episodes of the ...

Fans of Julian Fellowe's hit TV series, Downton Abbey, likely know the show is filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, but the opulent Jacobean estate has a rich history that extends long before ...

The backdrop of the Downton Abbey story is Lord Grantham's majestic estate. But in reality, the show's titular Jacobethan mansion is known as Highclere Castle, and serves as the home of the 8th Earl ...