--- ---  # A _Downton Abbey_ Musical Could Be in the Works ## Video: The 14 Best Television Intros [Watch (HLS stream): The 14 Best Television Intros](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/43fbt7yd.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2014-07-10. The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. Here are the best opening credits television has to offer._ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 23, 2015 3:08 PM UTC  The cast of Downton Abbey The cast of Downton AbbeyNick Briggs—Carnival Film & Television Ltd by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 23, 2015 3:08 PM UTC Could the Crawley family soon be warbling their way through World War I? Maybe, according to an interview with _Downton Abbey_ composer John Lunn, who says a musical based on the show is in the works. Lunn said[ in a radio interview ](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/downton-abbey-set-to-become-a-musical-after-series-6-ends--what-will-the-dowager-say-10334549.html)that he’s working on a live performance about Lord Grantham and the gang. “There’s talk of \[creator\] Julian Fellowes and I and some of the cast doing a live tour the way Dr. Who did; 70% of it will be music from the show,” he said. “There might be some Elgar, there might be some jazz of the periods. Some of the actors will likely recite. We’ll have a screen. We may have the music live to several scenes. Julian may be the host.” Sounds like a ball, but will it really come to fruition? “I’d say it’s a 75% chance it will happen,” Lunn reportedly said. A Downton Abbey Musical May Be in the Works ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3931930/downton-abbey-musical/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3931930/downton-abbey-musical/"},"headline":"A Downton Abbey Musical Could Be in the Works","datePublished":"2015-06-23T15:08:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:26:56.784Z","description":"The show's composer says a stage show is coming","url":"https://time.com/3931930/downton-abbey-musical/","keywords":["Television","downton abbey","Theater"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f9bf177ebd12763/6987785f2dce011a339dcc9d/downton-abbey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f9bf177ebd12763/6987785f2dce011a339dcc9d/downton-abbey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"downton-abbey","caption":"Downton Abbey, Season 5 on MASTERPIECE on PBSSundays, January 4 - March 1, 2015 at 9pm ETJIM CARTER as Mr Carson, ROBERT JAMES-COLLIER as Thomas, RAQUEL CASSIDY as Baxter, KEVIN DOYLE as Molesley, LAURA CARMICHAEL as Lady Edith Crawley, PENELOPE WILTON a","creditText":"Nick Briggs—Carnival Film & Television Ltd","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/3931930/downton-abbey-musical/","name":"A Downton Abbey Musical Could Be in the Works"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 14 Best Television Intros","description":"The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. Here are the best opening credits television has to offer.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/43fbt7yd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-10T18:51:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/43fbt7yd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3931930/downton-abbey-musical/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3931930/downton-abbey-musical/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```