“Downton Abbey” finale aired on Christmas Day

One’s most seen Christmas Day program was Strictly Come Dancing at 6.5M viewers starting at 6:15PM.

So far, the Christmas special is still officially the last outing of the Crawley family, but rumors of a movie are swirling persistently online.

The final episode of the ITV period drama won the Christmas Day TV ratings battle with 6.6 million viewers.

“Set on New Year’s Eve 1925, this year’s Christmas edition of Downton Abbey will be the fans’ last chance to spend time with Hugh Bonneville’s Lord Grantham and the rest of the residents”.

Doctor Who recorded its smallest audience ever for a Christmas Day previous year, while EastEnders saw its lowest ratings for a decade.

Butler Carson (Jim Carter) is philosophical about the new developments at Downton.

Fans of the classic series are hoping the early 5.15pm start for the special will not have a detrimental effect on ratings.

St Michael’s Church hall in Alnwick makes an appearance in Downton Abbey.

“We easily could have gone for a seventh season but if I’d have said “We haven’t got Maggie”, it would have been a shadow of itself”, he told the newspaper.

Lady Edith finally got her happy ending as she patched things up with her sister Lady Mary after a long-standing feud between the pair.

The Christmas special will bring back Rose (Lily James) and her husband Atticus (Matt Barber), who went to America last season.

The sentiment seems to be that many cast members are ready to move on, and doing something like this without a few of the iconic cast members would at this point be too depressing.

This video shows the team filming their final ever scenes at Highclere Castle, which acted as the magnificent aristocratic home Downton Abbey throughout the six series.

If you haven’t watched the series, Star World Premiere HD will be playing out all the episodes of the finale season right from the first episode.