‘Downton Abbey’: New Pics From The Final Season

“Downton Abbey” is back on Masterpiece on PBS in January, but 13 new photos from the sixth and final season dropped on Thursday to make the wait a little shorter.

Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) sport riding clothes in one pic, while another shot shows Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) dressed in her finest (and actually smiling).

Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary and Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham/Robert in ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6 on Masterpiece on PBS (Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Lltd.)

Another photo shows Mrs. Patmore (Leslie Nicol) sitting with Mr. Carson (Jim Broadbent).

Leslie Nicol as Mrs. Patmore and Jim Broadbent as Mr. Carson in ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6 (Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Lltd.)

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Daisy (Sophie McShera) dances with Andy (Michael Fox) in one shot, and another shows Lady Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) getting ready to greet someone on the drive at Downton.

Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Cora, Rob James-Collier as Thomas and Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith in ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6 on Masterpiece on PBS (Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Lltd.)

Hugh, who plays Lord Grantham/Robert, the head of the family, spoke about the feeling of Season 6 while on a panel at the Television Critics Association Summer Tour in Beverly Hills, last month.

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“This final season very much has a flavor of the end of an era, you know, quite literally,” Hugh said. “And it’s brought home to [the characters] when we go to visit a neighbor in the county who is literally having to sell the family silver. … And the entire family sees that, and sees the writing on the wall. You adapt or you die, and I think Robert — [the] dinosaur that he has been at times — ultimately, whether he’s dragged, kicking and screaming by Mary or by his mother or by Cora, does adapt, does see that change is necessary.

“He wants to conserve the best of the past, but absolutely understands that the future beckons, and the question in this series is do they succeed,” the actor added.

The final season of “Downton” will premiere on January 3, 2016 on Masterpiece. UK audiences will see the show first, when it premieres later this month (on September 20) on ITV.

Jolie Lash

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