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** Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, and Jessica Brown Findlay all grew up in households where they had multiple siblings who were all girls. Laura Carmichael was even the middle child in a family with three daughters.
* [[Big Name Fan]]: Queen Elizabeth II, though it didn't stop her from pointing out a WWI soldier incorrectly wearing a WWII medal. She's also been a guest at Highclere Castle, where it is filmed.
* [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: When Downton creator Julian Fellowes' friend's daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, he supported research into the condition by donating the centrepiece auction prize at a fundraising event; the opportunity for a lucky bidder to have a character in the next season created in their name. The winning bidder opted for the new character to take his son’s wonderfully Downton-esque name.
* [[Creator Backlash]]:
** Maggie Smith has been quite vocal on how glad the show is ending as she finds its immense popularity annoying since she can no longer go around in public without being approached by fans.
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* [[Dawson Casting]]: The series starts out by doing this; for example, Lady Sybil is 16 at the time the show begins, but played by the 21-year-old Jessica Brown Findlay. Since the show's time [[Dashed Plotline|progresses considerably faster than real time]], this doesn't last; by the end of Series 2, Sybil has actually passed Findlay's real age.
* [[Dueling Shows]]: With the revival of ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]''. ''Downton'' came out the clear winner as an international mega-hit for all six series, while ''Upstairs'' was cancelled after its second series.
* [[Edited for Syndication]]: Originally aired in the UK as 7 episodes, most of which are about 45 minutes long, except for the first and the last episodes, each of which clock in at a little over an hour. When ''Downton Abbey'' first aired in the US, it was condensed into four 90-minute episodes of ''[[Masterpiece Theater|Masterpiece]]'' on PBS. The U.S. DVD restores the full-length UK version.
* [[Fake American]]: Gary Carr is English — and unfortunately his rather stage-school attempt at a generic American accent makes this obvious.
* [[Fan Community Nicknames]]: Downtonians.
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** Lord Grantham's sister is [[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Mrs Wormwood]] and [[James Bond|Miss Moneypenny]].
*** And in the Christmas special, she's being courted by [[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Sarah Jane's short-lived fiance, Peter]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Ivy Stuart is [[Overwatch|Tracer]].
* [[McLeaned]]:
** Sybil was killed off because Jessica Brown-Findlay wanted to leave to pursue her film career.
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