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Quick! Fetch us a cold compress! The first pictures from Downton Abbey series 5 have arrived.

When we last left our favourite country manor dwellers, they were partying it up in London. By which we mean Lady Rose was flirting like a trooper and getting mixed up in a royal scandal of the highest order.

Now, they’re back home, with these pictures showing the cast filming scenes at the local village (actually in Oxford).

Non-Stop actress Michelle Dockery is back as Lady Mary, but neither of her love rivals are in sight, giving her a much needed break from being so darn popular.

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Tom Branson (Allen Leech) can also be seen with the family, reassuring fans that he hasn’t decided to move to America just yet. Has new love interest Sarah Bunting persuaded him to stay for good?

But what is he holding in his hand? Could those be plans to renovate Downton?

W1A star Hugh Bonneville is also returning as Lord Grantham, looking very serious in his big brown overcoat and cap.

We can also see meddling servant Thomas Barrow (Rob James-Collier), as well as other staff, joining the family in the graveyard. Has he managed to squeeze any secrets out of poor Baxter?

More importantly though, what kind of event could have gathered them all together at the church? Anyone else a bit scared?

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Maybe it's just a casual Sunday outing. Thankfully they aren’t dressed in black, so a death seems unlikely and they don’t look dressed up enough to be attending the Christening of Edith’s baby.

Series 4's Christmas Special ended with Edith deciding to keep her baby and Mary deciding to keep quiet about her discovery that Bates may well have killed valet Mr Green.

Series 5 is expected to return in September, with several new faces announced as joining the cast including Richard E. Grant.

Grant will play Simon Bricker, an art historian who is a house guest of the Crawley family, with Rade Serbedzija and Anna Chancellor also appearing.