Upstairs, Downstairs

The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.

Genre: Drama

Cast:Gordon Jackson , David Langton , Jean Marsh , Angela Baddeley , Christopher Beeny , Jenny Tomasin , Simon Williams , Jacqueline Tong , Lesley-Anne Down , Meg Wynn Owen , Rachel Gurney , Joan Benham , Raymond Huntley , Nicola Pagett , Pauline Collins , Patsy Smart , Hannah Gordon , Gareth Hunt

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ On Trial

Sun, Oct 10, 1971

On a crisp autumn morning in 1903, a young woman seeks employment in a fashionable London townhouse.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Mistress and the Maids

Sun, Oct 17, 1971

Richard Bellamy engages an artist to paint a portrait of his beautiful wife, Lady Marjorie.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Board Wages

Sun, Oct 24, 1971

Matters get out of hand when the servants mock their employers while the family are away on a summer holiday.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Path of Duty

Sun, Oct 31, 1971

Elizabeth returns from studying abroad and the household are in a frenzy, preparing for Elizabeth's entrée into London society.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ A Suitable Marriage

Sun, Nov 7, 1971

Elizabeth decides not to marry Angus and is captivated by a German-baron visiting England at Christmas.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ A Cry for Help

Sun, Nov 14, 1971

Richard's genuine concern for the new house parlormaid has eyebrows raised and tongues wagging.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Magic Casements

Sun, Jan 23, 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.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ I Dies from Love

Sun, Jan 30, 1972

Upstairs, Lady Majorie and friends plan an outing for the servants. However, Downstairs there is romantic intrigue going on between Emily and the next door footman.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Why Is Her Door Locked?

Sun, Feb 6, 1972

Months after Emily's death, a grief-ridden Mrs. Bridges takes leave of her senses.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ A Voice from the Past

Sun, Feb 13, 1972

In an effort to help the poor in London's East End, James and Elizabeth come face-to-face with a downtrodden Sarah .

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Swedish Tiger

Sun, Feb 20, 1972

James entertains a visiting Swedish friend and Sarah is the prime suspect when valuable household objects go missing.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Key of the Door

Sun, Feb 27, 1972

On the eve of her 21st birthday, Elizabeth is utterly defiant and, consequently, on the brink of a complete breach with her parents.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ For Love of Love

Sun, Mar 5, 1972

Despite their disdain for social conventions, Elizabeth marries Fabian socialist and poet, Lawrence Kirbridge, in a traditional church service and all of its trappings.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The New Man

Sat, Oct 21, 1972

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kirbridge return from their honeymoon and set up their new household in nearby Greenwich.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ A Pair of Exiles

Sat, Oct 28, 1972

Sarah tells James she's having his baby and the Bellamys make provisions to avoid a major scandal.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Married Love

Sat, Nov 4, 1972

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.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Whom God hath Joined...

Fri, Nov 10, 1972

When Elizabeth arrives at Eaton Place for tea, it becomes increasingly evident that she's left Lawrence after their six-month marriage.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Guest of Honour

Fri, Nov 17, 1972

Mrs. Bridges is the envy of every cook in Mayfair and Belgravia when King Edward VII dines at Eaton Place.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The Property of a Lady

Fri, Nov 24, 1972

A tangled web of duplicity is woven when love letters in Lady Marjorie's delicate hand fall into the tawdry hands of a scheming Irishman.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Your Obedient Servant

Fri, Dec 1, 1972

Richard and Hudson realize the complicated fraternal relationship when their respective brothers visit London.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Out of the Everywhere

Fri, Dec 8, 1972

Elizabeth returns home with her newborn daughter, Lucy, and the very disagreeable and old Nanny Webster, to look after "Baby".

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ An Object of Value

Fri, Dec 15, 1972

Everyone'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.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ A Special Mischief

Fri, Dec 29, 1972

Elizabeth joins the suffragette movement, but in her effort to protect her, Rose is imprisoned.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Fruits of Love

Fri, Jan 5, 1973

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.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ The Wages of Sin

Fri, Jan 12, 1973

Sarah is pregnant with Watkins' baby and Lady Marjorie has run out of patience with both of them.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ A Family Gathering

Fri, Jan 19, 1973

Elizabeth's affair with Julius is over, James returns to England with his fiancée, Phyllis, and a major event marks the end of an era.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Miss Forrest

Sat, Oct 27, 1973

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.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ A House Divided

Sat, Nov 3, 1973

News of the Titanic disaster arrives at Eaton Place, and the entire household anxiously await word of Lady Marjorie's fate.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ A Change of Scene

Sat, Nov 10, 1973

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.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ A Family Secret

Sat, Nov 17, 1973

The race is on downstairs -- who will marry first upstairs -- Captain James or his father, Richard?

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Rose's Pigeon

Sat, Nov 24, 1973

Alfred, the former Bellamy footman, is on the run and dupes Rose and uses her kindness as a shield from the law.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Desirous of Change

Sat, Dec 1, 1973

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.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Word of Honour

Sat, Dec 8, 1973

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.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ The Bolter

Sat, Dec 15, 1973

Hazel'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.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Goodwill to All Men

Sat, Dec 22, 1973

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.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ What the Footman Saw

Sat, Dec 29, 1973

A leisurely evening out with his chums, a few beers and some downstairs gossip give Edward a bigger headache than any hangover ever could.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ A Perfect Stranger

Sat, Jan 5, 1974

While running an ordinary errand, Rose's life takes an extraordinary turn.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Distant Thunder

Sat, Jan 12, 1974

The disparity between James' and Hazel's background is cut wide open when Hazel suffers a miscarriage.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Sudden Storm

Sat, Jan 19, 1974

A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ A Patriotic Offering

Sat, Sep 14, 1974

In a gesture of goodwill, the Bellamys offer generous hospitality to a family of Belgian refugees and Edward is feeling increased pressure to enlist.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ News from the Front

Sat, Sep 21, 1974

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.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Beastly Hun

Sat, Sep 28, 1974

The sinking of the Lusitania has Hudson on a tirade and his anti-German fervor pervade the servants hall. Upstairs, Richard is made Civil Lord of the Admiralty in the newly-formed coalition government.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Women Shall Not Weep

Sat, Oct 5, 1974

Edward and Daisy marry before he's sent to France and Georgina becomes a volunteer nurse.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Tug of War

Sat, Oct 12, 1974

James yearns for a regimental post at the front and Rose volunteers to become a conductorette as the war rages on.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Home Fires

Sat, Oct 19, 1974

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.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ If You Were the Only Girl in the World

Sat, Oct 26, 1974

Hazel romances a shy pilot with mad abandon, James and Georgina meet in France on the eve of a major military campaign.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ The Glorious Dead

Sat, Nov 2, 1974

Sadly, perhaps inevitably, tragic news arrives for someone at Eaton Place.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Another Year

Sat, Nov 9, 1974

At the end of a very difficult year, the New Year is full of hope and augurs well, especially for Richard Bellamy

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ The Hero's Farewell

Sat, Nov 16, 1974

Lady Prudence finally gets hold of the Bellamy drawing room for a worthy cause.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Missing Believed Killed

Sat, Nov 23, 1974

Their nerves in tatters, Hazel and Richard do all they can to unearth any information about James.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Facing Fearful Odds

Sat, Nov 30, 1974

Virginia Hamilton returns to Eaton Place, seeking Richard's advice on an urgent matter.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Peace out of Pain

Sat, Dec 7, 1974

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,

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ On with the Dance

Sun, Sep 7, 1975

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?

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ A Place in the World

Sun, Sep 14, 1975

As Britain tries to rebound from the war, James Bellamy runs for political office.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Laugh a Little Louder Please

Sun, Sep 21, 1975

Georgina and her cohort throw a bacchanal at Eaton Place, with tragic consequences.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ The Joy Ride

Sun, Sep 28, 1975

When James buys a small airplane, Virginia defies Richard and the three undergo quite an ordeal.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Wanted - a Good Home

Sun, Oct 5, 1975

It's the new governess against the entire staff when young William and Alice get their wish -- an adorable puppy.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ An Old Flame

Sun, Oct 12, 1975

A lonely James has an affair with the very married Lady Newbury.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Disillusion

Sun, Oct 19, 1975

It's spring and Hudson's fancy wreaks havoc on the entire household.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Such a Lovely Man

Sun, Oct 26, 1975

Two bachelors pitch the woo to two ladies in the Bellamy household

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ The Nine Days Wonder

Sun, Nov 2, 1975

The entire household comes together when a General Strike is called throughout Britain in May 1926

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ The Understudy

Sun, Nov 9, 1975

On the eve of an important dinner party for a French diplomat, Hudson suffers a heart attack.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Alberto

Sun, Nov 16, 1975

Frederick considers his future when he feels his talents are largely wasted in the Bellamy household.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Will Ye No Come Back Again

Sun, Nov 23, 1975

Hudson is back in his element when the Bellamys travel to Scotland for their summer holiday.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Joke Over

Sun, Nov 30, 1975

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.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Noblesse Oblige

Sun, Dec 7, 1975

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.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ All the King's Horses

Sun, Dec 14, 1975

James returns to England, with new found vigor and untold wealth, on the eve of the October 1929 stock market crash.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Whither Shall I Wander?

Sun, Dec 21, 1975

After nearly 30 years, the Bellamy saga ends with the sale of 165 Eaton Place and a fresh beginning for every member of the household.