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Upstairs, Downstairs: The Complete First Season (Disc 4 of 4) (1971)
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Angela Baddeley,
Pauline Collins,
Hannah Gordon,
Rachel Gurney,
Gordon Jackson,
David Langton,
Jean Marsh,
Nicola Pagett,
Simon Williams
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| Director:
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Derek Bennett,
Joan Kemp-Welch
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Drama,
Classics,
Classics,
Television
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A&E
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Subtitles: |
[None]
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Length: |
663 mins
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Disc I
On Trial - The first-ever episode of Upstairs, Downstairs.Sarah, a new underparlourmaid with a clouded past, is caught stealing from the kitchen.
The Mistress and the Maids - The Bellamys are aghast when an artist hired to paint a portrait of Lady Marjorie unveils two new works at a Royal Academy show - the commissioned portrait and a racy picture of two half-naked maids in bed in an attic room.
Board Wages - With the family and senior servants away on summer holiday, the remaining staff have a small party.
The Path of Duty - Elizabeth Bellamy returns form her stay in Dresden with a newfound contempt for London society.
Disc II
A Suitable Marriage - A German baron comes to stay with the Bellamys, and it appears that he and Elizabeth are striking up a romance.
A Cry for Help - Richard Bellamy discovers that the new maid, Mary, is pregnant.
Magic Casements - When prior engagements prevent Richard Bellamy from attending an opera with the Lady Marjorie, he asks a young army Captain - a friend of their son James - to escort her instead.
I Dies From Love - Emily - the Bellamy's downtrodden Irish kitchen-maid - falls deeply in love with a footman from another household.
Disc III
Why is Her Door Locked? - Mrs. Bridges - distraught over Emily's suicide - succumbs to a momentary impulse and steals a baby from its pram.
A Voice from the Past - Sarah, the former housemaid, comes back to the Bellamy's employ after she is found in line at a soup kitchen.
The Swedish Tiger - Sarah catches the valet of a Swedish houseguest stealing from the Bellamys.
The Key of The Door - Elizabeth's infatuation with a dashing young poet leads her to falling in with a group of young leftists, much to her parents' dismay.
Disc IV
For the Love of Love - Estranged from her family and living with a friend, Elizabeth becomes increasingly involved with the poet Lawrence Kirbridge.
Special Added Bonus: Upstairs, Downstairs Remembered: The 25th Anniversary Special -Intimate interviews with cast and crew as well as favorite clips offer a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at 165 Eaton Place and the Bellamy household.
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