DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON 3 EPISODE 4

UK / ITV1 Network / 1×65 minute episode / Broadcast Sunday 7 October 2012 @ 9.00pm

Writer: Julian Fellowes / Director: Andy Goddard

Series: Downton Abbey
Season 3 Episode 4

Branson’s political views land him in hot water, and Sybil’s loyalty is tested to the limit. 

Ethel is torn between head and heart as she makes a difficult decision about her son’s future. 

Anna is dispirited at Bates’s silence, what could be the cause? 

Carson begins recruiting a footman, and good-looking candidate Jimmy sparks immediate interest below stairs.

cast
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham
Jessica Brown Findlay as Lady Sybil Branson
Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith Crawley
Jim Carter as Mr Carson
Brendan Coyle as John Bates
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley
Kevin Doyle as Molesley
Siobhan Finneran as O’Brien
Joanne Froggatt as Anna
Rob James-Collier as Thomas
Allen Leech as Tom Branson
Phyllis Logan as Mrs Hughes
Elizabeth McGovern as Cora, Countess of Grantham
Sophie McShera as Daisy
Matt Milne as Alfred
Lesley Nicol as Mrs Patmore
Amy Nuttall as Ethel
Dan Stevens asd Matthew Crawley
Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley
Neil Bell as Durrant
Michael Culkin as Archbishop of York
Jason Furnival as Craig
Karl Haynes as Dent
Christine Lohr as Mrs Bird
Kevin R McNally as Mr Bryant
Christine Mackie as Mrs Bryant
Ged Simmons as Turner
Ed Speleers as Jimmy
Cara Theobald as Ivy

Synopsis source: ITV Media Release