Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville

Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville

ITV have finally released the official date for the premiere of the third series of distinguished costume drama Downton Abbey.

Set to launch on Sunday 16th of September, this series will see the show once again leap forward in time to the early 1920s focussing on new financial worries for the Downton household and he emergence of the Irish ‘troubles’.

This series will also see Shirley MacLaine joining the cast alongside mainstays Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Brendan Coyle and Michelle Dockery.