It’s been almost 15 years to the day since “ Downton Abbey ” first aired on British network ITV.

Six seasons, five Christmas specials, 69 Primetime Emmy nominations, 11 Golden Globe nominations and a hugely successful film trilogy spin-off later, and the heavy wooden door to the Crawleys’ now-famed stately home is finally being closed for good. As Carnival Films CEO Gareth Neame notes, “ Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale ” — being released globally on Friday via Focus — “definitely is the end.”

Or is it?

Neame was already a successful TV producer before he took an idea he says had been “percolating in my mind for many years” about the waning power of the British aristocracy in the early 20th century and gave it to his friend Julian Fellowes. “Downton” would become the show to ceme

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