_:n44c4c3aa361b4f2c8d2f25412664f2fexb0
<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Wildly popular TV series Downton Abbey returns this week with a highly-anticipated spin-off movie. In an Australian TV exclusive, Sunrise presenter Edwina Bartholomew was there as the stars flocked to London&apos;s Leicester Square for the film&apos;s glamorous world premiere. Watch the red carpet interviews above The big screen reinvention of the series, which wrapped up in 2015, is set in 1927 and centers around a visit to Downton by the King and Queen. Many of the show&apos;s biggest stars have returned for the film, including Dame Maggie Smith as the iconic Dowager Countess of Grantham, Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern as the Earl and Countess of Grantham and Michelle Dockery as their headstrong daughter, Lady Mary. Most of the &apos;downstairs&apos; cast also feature, including Phyllis Logan as Mrs Carson, the kindly housekeeper, Leslie Carter as bustling cook, Mrs Patmore and Jim Carter, who plays Downton&apos;s butler, Mr Carson. Downton Abbey opens in Australian cinemas on September 12 For more Sunrise stories, click here"
<https://7news.com.au/sunrise/entertainment/sunrise-meets-downton-abbey-stars-at-london-world-premiere-c-444532>