Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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Episode 1 - The New Man
Release Date: 1972-10-21Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kirbridge return from their honeymoon and set up their new household in nearby Greenwich.
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Episode 2 - A Pair of Exiles
Release Date: 1972-10-28Sarah tells James she's having his baby and the Bellamys make provisions to avoid a major scandal.
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Episode 3 - Married Love
Release Date: 1972-11-04Things have not improved in the Kirbridge household. It turns out they have yet to consummate their marriage. Lizzie, unaware she's married to a gay man, is miserable and angry, making Lawrence miserable, too. Realizing he cannot fulfill that "need" for her, Lawrence decides to enlist the help of a friend to fulfill those duties for him.
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Episode 4 - Whom God hath Joined...
Release Date: 1972-11-10Elizabeth comes home for Christmas without Lawrence. The Bellamys face another family crisis when it is discovered that Elizabeth is expecting a baby.
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Episode 5 - Guest of Honour
Release Date: 1972-11-17There is great excitement among the servants when King Edward VII attends a supper party at Eaton Place. During the evening the arrival of an unexpected visitor creates an emergency below stairs.
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Episode 6 - The Property of a Lady
Release Date: 1972-11-24Thomas is approached by a blackmailer who claims to have love letters from Lady Marjorie to Captain Hammond.
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Episode 7 - Your Obedient Servant
Release Date: 1972-12-01The brothers of both Richard and Hudson are visiting, causing both men to do things they otherwise would not. For Hudson, it means putting on airs, and for Richard, the visit causes him to snoop, an action he considers beneath him.
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Episode 8 - Out of the Everywhere
Release Date: 1972-12-08Elizabeth returns home with her newborn daughter, Lucy, and the very disagreeable and old Nanny Webster, to look after "Baby".
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Episode 9 - An Object of Value
Release Date: 1972-12-15Everyone's nerves are frazzled when Lord Southwold dies, Lady Southwold and her companion, Miss Hodges, spend a some time with Richard and Lady Marjorie and a valuable diamond brooch goes missing.
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Episode 10 - A Special Mischief
Release Date: 1972-12-29Elizabeth joins the suffragette movement, but in her effort to protect her, Rose is imprisoned.
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Episode 11 - The Fruits of Love
Release Date: 1973-01-05The Bellamys are in shock when they learn that Eaton Place, which is part of the Southwold estate, must be sold in order to satisfy the terms of the deceased Lord Southwold's will. Adding to their worries is news of Elizabeth's involvement with Julius Karekin, a man they strongly disapprove of, but in the end, the relationship proves very beneficial.
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Episode 12 - The Wages of Sin
Release Date: 1973-01-12Sarah is pregnant with Watkins' baby and Lady Marjorie has run out of patience with both of them.
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Episode 13 - A Family Gathering
Release Date: 1973-01-19Elizabeth's affair with Julius is over, James returns to England with his fiancée, Phyllis, and a major event marks the end of an era.