DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON 3 EPISODE 5

UK / ITV-1 / 1×65 minute episodes / Broadcast Sunday 14 October 2012 @ 9.00pm

Writer: Julian Fellowes / Director: Jeremy Webb

Series: Downton Abbey
Season 3 Episode 5

An exciting offer for Edith divides opinion.

Isobel throws Ethel a lifeline.

New maid Ivy is attracting attention below stairs, and Alfred’s interest in particular is resented by Daisy.

Anna’s perseverance finally pays off. Matthew’s concerns about the estate grow but are his protests falling on deaf ears?

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 as Matthew Crawley
Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley
Ed Speleers as Jimmy
Neil Bell as Durrant
Jonathan Coy as George Murray
Jason Furnival as Craig
Christine Lohr as Mrs Bird
Tim Pigott-Smith as Sir Philip Tapsell
David Robb as Dr Clarkson
Cara Theobald as Ivy