Downton Abbey
This report covers the full six-series run (2010–2015). A richly crafted Edwardian period drama, Downton Abbey is mostly restrained in its depictions, but carries recurring adult themes — sexual assault, sudden death, self-harm, and wartime violence — that place it firmly in mature-drama territory.
Episodes to know about
A male guest dies in a woman's bed under sexual circumstances; his body must be covertly moved, and the incident recurs as a plot thread in later episodes.
A suicide is referenced, and the aftermath — showing a character with sliced wrists and blood pooling on the floor — is briefly depicted.
Series 2 is set during WWI; multiple scenes depict the trenches with soldiers being shot by firearms, explosions, dead bodies, and the aftermath of wounds being treated.