Bates, Robert's valet, was accused of the murder of his first wife and originally found guilty and sentenced to death. However, his sentence was later changed to life in prison, and his new wife, Anna, who works at Downton as a housemaid, told him she would work to prove his innocence.

Brendan Coyle (l.) and Joanna Froggatt (r.), who portrays Anna
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