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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

In series two there are more dramas at Eaton Place. Elizabeth's marriage to Lawrence is on the rocks meanwhile downstairs Sarah and Hudson go through upheavals in their personal lives. The whole house buzzes as King Edward VII comes for dinner and by the

Year: 1972

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E1 • The New Man
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth Bellamy and her poet husband Laurence return from their honeymoon, but her first taste of married life is by no means sweet.
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E2 • Pair of Exciles
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Scandal threatens Eaton Place: James, already heavily in debt, has made one of the Bellamys' servants pregnant.
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E3 • Married Love
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Relations between Elizabeth and her poet husband are strained. It is clear that the marriage has not been consummated.
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E4 • Whom God Hath Joined
1. 49 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth and husband Lawrence are spending Christmas apart, their marriage over, while tension brews between Hudson and Thomas, the Kirkbridges' manservant.
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E5 • Guest Of Honour
1. 47 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
When the staff at Eaton Place are told that King Edward VII is coming to dinner, they little realise that the royal evening will be marred by tragedy.
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E6 • The Property Of A Lady
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Lady Marjorie is blackmailed when Captain Hammond's former batman arrives demanding money for letters she wrote to a young officer three years before.
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E7 • Your Obedient Servant
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
When butler Hudson leaves by the front door dressed as a gentleman, Richard Bellamy's brother Arthur is convinced that Hudson leads a double life.
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E8 • Out Of The Everywhere
1. 49 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Elizabeth arrives home with her new baby, but the fearsome nanny charged with caring for the child causes tension in the house.
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E9 • An Object Of Value
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
The disappearance of a valuable object causes malicious gossip and mutual suspicion below stairs when Lady Marjorie's widowed mother comes to stay.
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E10 • Special Mischief
1. 50 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Rose is shocked to discover Elizabeth has got involved in the suffragette movement.
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E11 • The Fruits Of Love
1. 51 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Elizabeth causes a scandal by falling for the charms of a wealthy Armenian bachelor. Lord and Lady Bellamy's money troubles mean they may have to give up 165 Eaton Place.
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E12 • The Wages Of Sin
1. 51 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Mrs Bridges and Hudson discover that Sarah is pregnant by a mysterious stranger. Thomas the chauffeur offers to marry her.
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E13 • Family Gathering
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Elizabeth breaks off a relationship, and James returns from India with a fiancee who causes a stir both upstairs and downstairs at Eaton Place.

Cast
David Langton

Richard Bellamy
Gordon Jackson

Hudson
Jean Marsh

Rose Buck
Rachel Gurney

Lady Marjorie