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Upstairs Downstairs (Original)

One of the most cherished and successful series of all time, this magnificent costume drama spans three decades in the lives of the Bellamy family and their below stairs servants, between the years of 1903 and 1930.

Drama
Year 1971-1977
5 Seasons

Popular period drama series. 30 years in the life of the Bellamy family and their below stairs servants between the years 1903 and 1930.

Year: 1971

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E1 • On Trial
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
On a crisp autumn morning in 1903, a young woman seeks employment in a fashionable London townhouse.
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E2 • The Mistress and the Maids
1. 48 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
It's June 1904 and Lady Marjorie is sitting for her portrait by Guthrie Scone, a Scottish aristocrat turned avant-garde painter.
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E3 • Board Wages
1. 47 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Matters get out of hand when the servants mock their employers while they are away.
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E4 • The Path of Duty
1. 48 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth returns from studying abroad and gets ready for her entrée into London society.
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E5 • A Suitable Marriage
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth decides not to marry Angus and is captivated by a German-baron.
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E6 • A Cry For Help
1. 49 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Richard's concern for the new house parlormaid has eyebrows raised and tongues wagging.
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E7 • Magic Casements
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
The servants' hall is buzzing with gossip after Lady Bellamy is swept off her feet by a handsome young captain from the North West Frontier Force.
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E8 • I Dies From Love
1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Emily the kitchenmaid falls deeply in love with Mrs van Groeben's young footman, but their relationship is doomed.
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E9 • Why Is Her Door Locked?
1. 49 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
On the eve of an important dinner party, Mrs Bridges the cook gets into considerable trouble with the police.
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E10 • A Voice From The Past
1. 51 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth and James Bellamy discover Sarah, their former under-housemaid, starving and homeless in the East End.
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E11 • The Swedish Tiger
1. 51 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
The arrival at Eaton Place of James's guest, a Swedish army captain, spells romance and betrayal for parlour maid Sarah.
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E12 • The Key Of The Door
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth becomes involved with a group of Bloomsbury intellectuals, and comes under the influence of a woman of radical left-wing views.
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E13 • For Love of Love
1. 48 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth, now 21 years old, is determined to lead a modern, independent life. But it appears as if she is fighting a vain battle against convention.

Cast
David Langton

Richard Bellamy
Gordon Jackson

Hudson
Jean Marsh

Rose Buck
Rachel Gurney

Lady Marjorie