Upstairs, Downstairs
"None of that behaviour in my kitchen."
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.
Genre: Drama
Actor: Christopher Beeny, Jean Marsh, Gordon Jackson, Jacqueline Tong, Angela Baddeley, Jenny Tomasin, Simon Williams, David Langton, Gareth Hunt, Hannah Gordon
Creator: N/A
Country: United Kingdom
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 50m
Release: 1971
Rating: 7.6
Season 1 - Upstairs, Downstairs
06 Jan 1974
"On a crisp autumn morning in 1903, a young woman seeks employment in a fashionable London townhouse."
17 Oct 1971
"Richard Bellamy engages an artist to paint a portrait of his beautiful wife, Lady Marjorie."
23 Jan 1972
"Her sense of duty and loyalty are severely compromised when Lady Marjorie has a passionate affair with a friend of James, with whom she falls deeply in love."
13 Feb 1972
"In an effort to help the poor in London's East End, James and Elizabeth come face-to-face with a downtrodden Sarah ."
27 Feb 1972
"On the eve of her 21st birthday, Elizabeth is utterly defiant and, consequently, on the brink of a complete breach with her parents."
20 Jan 1974
"Despite their disdain for social conventions, Elizabeth marries Fabian socialist and poet, Lawrence Kirbridge, in a traditional church service and all of its trappings."
Season 2 - Upstairs, Downstairs
27 Jan 1974
"Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kirbridge return from their honeymoon and set up their new household in nearby Greenwich."
27 Jan 1974
"Sarah tells James she's having his baby and the Bellamys make provisions to avoid a major scandal."
17 Nov 1974
"The strained Kirbridge marriage has yet to be consummated, causing Elizabeth great unhappiness in her quest to make a happy life with Lawrence and her great desire to start a family. As it happens, Lawrence's interests lie elsewhere."
10 Feb 1974
"When Elizabeth arrives at Eaton Place for tea, it becomes increasingly evident that she's left Lawrence after their six-month marriage."
15 Dec 1974
"Richard and Hudson realize the complicated fraternal relationship when their respective brothers visit London."
10 Mar 1974
"Elizabeth joins the suffragette movement, but in her effort to protect her, Rose is imprisoned."
17 Mar 1974
"Sweet pillow talk is very useful to Elizabeth's new lover, wealthy businessman Julius Karekin and Lady Marjorie and Richard are in the throes of losing their beloved Eaton Place."
Season 3 - Upstairs, Downstairs
03 Nov 1974
"In 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."
10 Nov 1974
"News of the Titanic disaster arrives at Eaton Place, and the entire household anxiously await word of Lady Marjorie's fate."
17 Nov 1974
"James' 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."
24 Nov 1974
"The race is on downstairs -- who will marry first upstairs -- Captain James or his father, Richard?"
01 Dec 1974
"Alfred, the former Bellamy footman, is on the run and dupes Rose and uses her kindness as a shield from the law."
08 Dec 1974
"Hazel 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."
15 Dec 1974
"Richard 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."
29 Dec 1974
"It's Christmas 1913 and two young ladies, one from upstairs and the new parlor maid, conspire to spread holiday cheer to the less fortunate."
05 Jan 1975
"A leisurely evening out with his chums, a few beers and some downstairs gossip give Edward a bigger headache than any hangover ever could."
19 Jan 1975
"The disparity between James' and Hazel's background is cut wide open when Hazel suffers a miscarriage."
26 Jan 1975
"A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent."
Season 4 - Upstairs, Downstairs
04 Jan 1976
"In a gesture of goodwill, the Bellamys offer generous hospitality to a family of Belgian refugees and Edward is feeling increased pressure to enlist."
11 Jan 1976
"James is home on leave and offers a realistic account of what is really happening on the front and Daisy and Edward announce their engagement to Hudson."
25 Jan 1976
"Edward and Daisy marry before he's sent to France and Georgina becomes a volunteer nurse."
01 Feb 1976
"James yearns for a regimental post at the front and Rose volunteers to become a conductorette as the war rages on."
08 Feb 1976
"Lady Prudence hijacks the Bellamy drawing room for an officers tea party and in her new job as conductress, Rose collects a fare from a very special passenger."
22 Feb 1976
"Sadly, perhaps inevitably, tragic news arrives for someone at Eaton Place."
07 Mar 1976
"Lady Prudence finally gets hold of the Bellamy drawing room for a worthy cause."
28 Mar 1976
"While James is convalescing, Richard proposes to Mrs. Hamilton, Edward comes home, and Hazel comes down with the Spanish flu as the war draws to an end,"
Season 5 - Upstairs, Downstairs
16 Jan 1977
"It's June 1919 and a jubilant Victory Parade passes 165 Eaton Place -- but with the new family dynamic, what's to become of the beloved Bellamy townhouse?"
23 Jan 1977
"As Britain tries to rebound from the war, James Bellamy runs for political office."
30 Jan 1977
"Georgina and her cohort throw a bacchanal at Eaton Place, with tragic consequences."
06 Feb 1977
"When James buys a small airplane, Virginia defies Richard and the three undergo quite an ordeal."
13 Feb 1977
"It's the new governess against the entire staff when young William and Alice get their wish -- an adorable puppy."
10 Apr 1977
"After an evening of dissipated behavior and a reckless drive into the countryside, Georgina must appear at a coroner's inquest, when one of the locals is killed."
17 Apr 1977
"Better the devil you know than the one you don't is the lesson Mrs. Bridges and Ruby learn after a terrible row. Upstairs, Lord Stockbridge proposes to Georgina, but there's a catch."
