Downton Abbey - 'Episode 1'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Episode 1": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 28 Aug 2009
  • Chart debut: #3 (25 Sep 2013)
  • Highest Position: #1 (23 Sep 2014)
  • Most recent chart position: #76 (12 Feb 2025)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 163

'Episode 1' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada and Australia.

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Episode 1: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 22 Sep 2014 to 06 Dec 2014.

Chart progress graph for Episode 1

Detailed Chart Progress for "Episode 1" (Downton Abbey)

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for Episode 1

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2013 Sep 25 Wed 3 down Geordie Shore
702
26 Thu 3 no-move
27 Fri 2 up
27 Fri 2 no-move
28 Sat 3 down
29 Sun 3 no-move Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Pilot
30 Mon 3 no-move
2013 Oct 1 Tue 7 down Breaking Bad
Felina
2 Wed 9 down Geordie Shore
703
3 Thu 10 down
4 Fri 8 up
5 Sat 9 down
6 Sun 8 up
7 Mon 10 down Downton Abbey
Episode 3
8 Tue 14 down Homeland
Tin Man Is Down
9 Wed 16 down Geordie Shore
704
10 Thu 16 no-move
11 Fri 20 down
12 Sat 25 down
13 Sun 14 up Homeland
Tin Man Is Down
14 Mon 23 down Homeland
Uh...Oo...Aw
15 Tue 26 down
16 Wed 32 down Geordie Shore
705
17 Thu 25 up
18 Fri 19 up
19 Sat 21 down
20 Sun 18 up Homeland
Uh...Oo...Aw
21 Mon 20 down Homeland
Tower of David
22 Tue 34 down
23 Wed 22 up Geordie Shore
706
24 Thu 22 no-move
25 Fri 20 up
26 Sat 20 no-move
27 Sun 11 up
28 Mon 11 no-move Homeland
Tower of David
29 Tue 17 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 3
30 Wed 18 down Homeland
Game On
31 Thu 21 down
2013 Nov 1 Fri 24 down
2 Sat 18 up
3 Sun 15 up
4 Mon 17 down Homeland
The Yoga Play
5 Tue 22 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 4
6 Wed 28 down The Originals
Fruit of the Poisoned Tree
7 Thu 28 no-move
8 Fri 26 up
9 Sat 23 up Homeland
The Yoga Play
10 Sun 24 down
11 Mon 26 down Homeland
Still Positive
12 Tue 33 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 5
13 Wed 48 down
14 Thu 56 down Homeland
Still Positive
15 Fri 50 up
16 Sat 39 up
17 Sun 28 up
18 Mon 33 down Homeland
Gerontion
19 Tue 34 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 6
20 Wed 40 down
21 Thu 51 down Homeland
Gerontion
22 Fri 41 up
23 Sat 36 up
24 Sun 40 down
25 Mon 65 down Homeland
A Red Wheel Barrow
26 Tue 62 up Made In Chelsea
Episode 7
27 Wed 59 up
28 Thu 73 down Homeland
A Red Wheel Barrow
29 Fri 67 up
2013 Dec 1 Sun 74 re-entry Doctor Who
The Day of the Doctor
2 Mon 67 up Homeland
One Last Thing
4 Wed 79 re-entry Made In Chelsea
Episode 8
5 Thu 82 down
7 Sat 48 re-entry Doctor Who
The Day of the Doctor
8 Sun 59 down Homeland
One Last Thing
9 Mon 44 up Homeland
Good Night
10 Tue 58 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 9
11 Wed 65 down
12 Thu 68 down
14 Sat 67 re-entry Homeland
Good Night
15 Sun 63 up
16 Mon 53 up Homeland
Big Man in Tehran
17 Tue 69 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 10
18 Wed 60 up
19 Thu 93 down
20 Fri 83 up Homeland
Big Man in Tehran
21 Sat 81 up
22 Sun 50 up
23 Mon 49 up Homeland
The Star
24 Tue 64 down
25 Wed 98 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 11
26 Thu 75 up Homeland
The Star
2014 Jan 6 Mon 97 re-entry Doctor Who
The Time of the Doctor
7 Tue 75 up
9 Thu 80 re-entry Sherlock
The Empty Hearse
12 Sun 87 re-entry
13 Mon 93 down
15 Wed 89 re-entry Sherlock
The Sign of Three
2014 Sep 23 Tue 1 re-entry Downton Abbey
Episode 1
25 Thu 2 down Sons of Anarchy
Playing with Monsters
26 Fri 2 no-move
27 Sat 1 up Downton Abbey
Episode 1
28 Sun 1 no-move
29 Mon 2 down Downton Abbey
Episode 2
30 Tue 2 no-move
2014 Oct 1 Wed 3 down Sons of Anarchy
Poor Little Lambs
2 Thu 3 no-move
3 Fri 3 no-move
4 Sat 4 down
5 Sun 3 up Downton Abbey
Episode 2
6 Mon 4 down Downton Abbey
Episode 3
7 Tue 4 no-move
8 Wed 4 no-move Sons of Anarchy
Some Strange Eruption
9 Thu 8 down
10 Fri 9 down
11 Sat 10 down
12 Sun 7 up Downton Abbey
Episode 3
13 Mon 10 down Downton Abbey
Episode 4
14 Tue 11 down Homeland
Drone Queen
15 Wed 11 no-move Sons of Anarchy
Smoke 'em if You Got 'em
16 Thu 18 down
17 Fri 17 up Homeland
Drone Queen
18 Sat 18 down
19 Sun 12 up
20 Mon 16 down Homeland
Trylon and Perisphere
21 Tue 27 down
22 Wed 17 up Sons of Anarchy
Greensleeves
23 Thu 16 up
24 Fri 19 down
25 Sat 17 up Homeland
Trylon and Perisphere
26 Sun 17 no-move
27 Mon 21 down Homeland
Shalwar Kameez
28 Tue 24 down
29 Wed 39 down Geordie Shore
901
30 Thu 41 down
31 Fri 41 no-move
2014 Nov 1 Sat 41 no-move
2 Sun 18 up Homeland
Shalwar Kameez
3 Mon 24 down Downton Abbey
Episode 7
4 Tue 34 down Homeland
Iron In the Fire
5 Wed 50 down Geordie Shore
902
6 Thu 47 up
7 Fri 41 up
8 Sat 39 up
9 Sun 42 down
10 Mon 60 down Downton Abbey
Episode 8
11 Tue 93 down
12 Wed 82 up Geordie Shore
903
13 Thu 63 up
18 Tue 61 re-entry Homeland
From A to B and Back Again
19 Wed 82 down Geordie Shore
904
20 Thu 94 down
21 Fri 85 up
22 Sat 84 up
23 Sun 70 up The Fall
Episode One
24 Mon 88 down Homeland
Redux
28 Fri 82 re-entry Geordie Shore
905
2014 Dec 2 Tue 78 re-entry Homeland
Halfway to a Donut
3 Wed 79 down Geordie Shore
906
18 Thu 94 re-entry Geordie Shore
908
20 Sat 87 re-entry
21 Sun 85 up The Missing
Episode 1
2015 Jan 2 Fri 92 re-entry Homeland
Long Time Coming
2024 Oct 8 Tue 75 re-entry House of the Dragon
The Queen Who Ever Was
2025 Feb 12 Wed 76 re-entry Death in Paradise
Episode 2

Episode Synopsis: Episode 1

lavish new period drama following the lives of the aristocratic crawley family and their servants at downton abbey it is april 1912 and news arrives of the sinking of the titanic with the loss of downton's heir james and his...

...patrick the dowager countess violet hopes that the title and estate will pass on to the current earl robert's oldest daughter mary who was in line to marry patrick but robert whose wife cora's money is intimately tied up in the estate decides not to name mary his heir and after discovering that a distant cousin is set to inherit instead invites the young man to downton meanwhile new valet john bates is given a hard time by the staff as an old war injury threatens his job at the stately home

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