Dowton Abbey is a British Period Drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece. It first aired on September 10th, 2010 Dowton Abby has a theme song. Did you know? It’s called “Did I Make The Most Of Loving You” Dowton Abbey stars Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley Michelle Dockery as Lady Marry Crawley Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley The series is set in the fictional Yorkshire Country estate of Dowton Abbey. Highclere Castle in Hampshire was used for exterior shots of Dowton Abbey and most of the interior filming. The kitchen and servants' quarters and working areas and several "upstairs" bedrooms were constructed and filmed at Ealing Studios. Dowton Abbey can be viewed using the toolbar below …