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 - Miss Forrest
Release Date: 1973-10-27In the spring of 1912, Lady Marjorie prepares to visit Elizabeth in New York and James takes an interest in Richard's comely and respectable new secretary, Miss Forrest.
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Episode 2 - A House Divided
Release Date: 1973-11-03News of the Titanic disaster arrives at Eaton Place, and the entire household anxiously await word of Lady Marjorie's fate.
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Episode 3 - A Change of Scene
Release Date: 1973-11-10James' weekend visit to Somerby Park, with Hudson in tow as his valet, presents an opportunity for both to appreciate their beloved Eaton Place and what they've left behind there.
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Episode 4 - A Family Secret
Release Date: 1973-11-17The race is on downstairs -- who will marry first upstairs -- Captain James or his father, Richard?
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Episode 5 - Rose's Pigeon
Release Date: 1973-11-24Alfred, the former Bellamy footman, is on the run and dupes Rose and uses her kindness as a shield from the law.
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Episode 6 - Desirous of Change
Release Date: 1973-12-01Hazel Bellamy assumes her role as mistress of the household with great trepidation and Richard becomes the quarry of a bounty-hunting Austrian woman and her wily and rapacious brother.
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Episode 7 - Word of Honour
Release Date: 1973-12-08Richard Bellamy, who has been in considerable financial distress since the death of Lady Marjorie, finds himself at the center of a insider trading firestorm in his capacity as a member of Parliament.
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Episode 8 - The Bolter
Release Date: 1973-12-15Hazel's first substantial encounter with fashionable society causes her great humiliation, marital distress and a near-fatal accident, when she and James visit Lord and Lady Newbury at Sommerby Park.
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Episode 9 - Goodwill to All Men
Release Date: 1973-12-22It's Christmas 1913 and two young ladies, one from upstairs and the new parlor maid, conspire to spread holiday cheer to the less fortunate.
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Episode 10 - What the Footman Saw
Release Date: 1973-12-29A leisurely evening out with his chums, a few beers and some downstairs gossip give Edward a bigger headache than any hangover ever could.
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Episode 11 - A Perfect Stranger
Release Date: 1974-01-05While running an ordinary errand, Rose's life takes an extraordinary turn.
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Episode 12 - Distant Thunder
Release Date: 1974-01-12The disparity between James' and Hazel's background is cut wide open when Hazel suffers a miscarriage.
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Episode 13 - The Sudden Storm
Release Date: 1974-01-19A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent.