--- title: Downton Abbey Season 5 First Trailer Now Online description: The fifth season airs in the U.S. in 2015 after premiering across the pond in September canonical: https://time.com/3239222/downton-abbey-season-5-trailer/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-31T16:26:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:57:00.726Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch the Trailer for Downton Abbey's Fifth Season og:description: No stray water bottles in sight og:url: https://time.com/3239222/downton-abbey-season-5-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d3b63786ed56dd9/6986a196169ab0dd0e27af76/da5_er_3-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: DA5_er_3 (1) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Trailer for Downton Abbey's Fifth Season twitter:description: No stray water bottles in sight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d3b63786ed56dd9/6986a196169ab0dd0e27af76/da5_er_3-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Your First Trailer for _Downton Abbey_ Season 5  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 31, 2014 4:26 PM UTC  From left to right: Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary, in the upcoming Season 5 of Downton Abbey. From left to right: Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary, in the upcoming Season 5 of Downton Abbey.Nick Briggs—Carnival Films  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 31, 2014 4:26 PM UTC _Downton Abbey_ is getting [extra political](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/downton-abbey/11066257/Downton-Abbey-first-look-series-five-trailer.html) this year: the fifth season of the hit period drama takes place in 1924, the year of Britain’s first Labour party government and, consequently, a year of dramatic social change at the Crawley estate. Cast members such as Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter and Laura Carmichael are all returning, while guest-stars Anna Chancellor and Richard E. Grant will introduce a few new characters into the mix. [Stray water bottles](http://time.com/3130516/downton-abbey-water-bottle-instagram/), however, are not expected to return. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3239222/downton-abbey-season-5-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3239222/downton-abbey-season-5-trailer/"},"headline":"Here's Your First Trailer for Downton Abbey Season 5","datePublished":"2014-08-31T16:26:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:57:00.726Z","description":"The fifth season airs in the U.S. in 2015 after premiering across the pond in September","url":"https://time.com/3239222/downton-abbey-season-5-trailer/","keywords":["Television","downton abbey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d3b63786ed56dd9/6986a196169ab0dd0e27af76/da5_er_3-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d3b63786ed56dd9/6986a196169ab0dd0e27af76/da5_er_3-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DA5_er_3 (1)","caption":"Downton Abbey Season 5Premieres Sunday, January 4th, 2015 on MASTERPIECE on PBSShown from left to right: Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary(C) Nick Briggs/Carnival Films 2014 for MASTERPIECEThis i","creditText":"Nick Briggs—Carnival Films","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3239222/downton-abbey-season-5-trailer/","name":"Here's Your First Trailer for Downton Abbey Season 5"}}]}] ```