Hugh Bonneville Shares Details on Sixth Season of DOWNTON ABBEY

By: Caryn Robbins Mar. 12, 2015

According to Digitalspy.com, Hugh Bonneville has confirmed that the highly anticipated sixth season of ITV's DOWNTON ABBEY will feature the tradiitonal Christmas special episode. The actor shared the news at Tuesday's
Television and Radio Industry Club Awardsheld in London, where the show picked up an award for drama program of the year award.

"We'll do a ninth episode which will come out at Christmas," revealed Bonneville, who portrays Lord Grantham on the show. He also shared a few details on the next season of the show. "We're in 1925, so the series has nudged on another six months, and Lady Rose has been on her honeymoon and she's now moved to America," he said.

He continued, "Tom Branston has gone to Boston, and some faces that we met towards the end of the fifth season may or may not be coming over the HORIZON to break or make the hearts of Lady Mary and Lady Edith and people like that."

Asked if fans could expect to see the return of guest stars Shirley MacLaine or Paul Giamatti next season, Bonneville remained cautious. "I don't know. I haven't heard that one, but we'd all be delighted because we love having them. The guest artists we've had have been amazing and to have any of them back would be brilliant," he offered.

Downton Abbey season six will air in the U.K. in the fall. PBS has not yet announced a premiere date for the U.S. airing of the show.

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