'Downton Abbey' Season 5 Premieres Tonight on PBS

Downton Abbey Season 5 premieres Sunday,  January 4 on PBS.

New loves, new secrets, new Downton Abbey! Season 5 of the international hit series from writer and creator Julian Fellowes returns to Masterpiece on PBS tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Downton Abbey returns for an epic fifth season featuring returning stars Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Penelope Wilton, Phyllis Logan, Lily James, Brendan Coyle, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Samantha Bond, Ed Speleers, Kevin Doyle, Raquel Cassidy, David Robb, Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Daisy Lewis, Douglas Reith, Jeremy Swift, and Andrew Scarborough.

This acclaimed ensemble is joined by guest stars Harriet Walter (Atonement), reprising her role as Lady Shackleton, and Peter Egan (Death at a Funeral), who returns as Lord Flintshire, together with completely new characters played by Richard E. Grant (Girls), Anna Chancellor (The Hour), and Rade Sherbedgia (24).

Watch a scene from tonight's premiere episode below: