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Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 1 (1971-1972)

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Show title: Upstairs, Downstairs

IMDb score: 8,4 (4.061)

Episodes: 13

Playing time: 10 hour and 50 minutes

Developed by: Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins, John Hawkesworth and Eileen Atkins

Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton and Jean Marsh

Origin: United Kingdom

Releasedate: Sunday 10 October 1971

First aired on: ITV (Verenigd Koninkrijk)

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Upstairs, Downstairs plot

In Upstairs, Downstairs, the aristocratic Bellamy family (upstairs) and their loyal servants (downstairs) are introduced. We follow the ups and downs of the residents of the house against the background of a fascinating period in history. Major social reforms are taking place across the country. The end of the Victorian era is in sight and the First World War seems inevitable.

Episodes Season 1 (1971-1972)

  1. 1. On Trial

    10 October 1971 (50 minutes)

  2. 2. The Mistress and the Maids

    17 October 1971 (50 minutes)

  3. 3. Board Wages

    24 October 1971 (50 minutes)

  4. 4. The Path of Duty

    31 October 1971 (50 minutes)

  5. 5. A Suitable Marriage

    7 November 1971 (50 minutes)

  6. 6. A Cry for Help

    14 November 1971 (50 minutes)

  7. 7. Magic Casements

    23 January 1972 (50 minutes)

  8. 8. I Dies from Love

    30 January 1972 (50 minutes)

  9. 9. Why Is Her Door Locked?

    6 February 1972 (50 minutes)

  10. 10. A Voice from the Past

    13 February 1972 (50 minutes)

  11. 11. The Swedish Tiger

    20 February 1972 (50 minutes)

  12. 12. The Key of the Door

    27 February 1972 (50 minutes)

  13. 13. For Love of Love

    5 March 1972 (50 minutes)

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Upstairs, Downstairs is about class thinking in a typical household in Edwardian London. Based on birthright, one class is literally and figuratively on a higher level than the other. The upper class has better clothes, furniture and leisure activities. Their sociolect is also different: the refined British accent of the leisure class versus the flat accent of the working class.

This distinction is immediately apparent in the opening scene, when an applicant is referred from the main entrance to the service entrance. For Clémence/Sarah, a job as a maid is the way to escape poverty: food every day and a roof over her head. She discovers that there is also a strict hierarchy within the realm of servants. At the bottom is the scullery maid; at the top is butler Hudson. He is a kind of champion in the second division, who rules despotically on the ground floor, but humbly bows to his "improvements".

In the following episodes, the Bellamy family comes to the fore. They too appear to be prisoners of decency and etiquette. Their world is a stage in which everyone plays the role prescribed by society. Every now and then someone feels the need to step out of that role: the husband who wants to vote against a Tory bill, the wife who has an affair, the rebellious daughter who befriends a group of leftist artists. .. That leads to gossip and a scandal, which must then be covered up, after which life can go back to its old course.

It is a successful image of a bygone period. The most beautiful roles are for Pauline Collins, Gordon Jackson, Nicola Pagett and Jean Marsh - one of the creators of the series. The dialogues of, among others, Fay Weldon let the characters clash with each other in a proper way. Favorite episodes: 1, 7, 12.

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