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Upstairs, Downstairs on PBS

1974, TV Show

Episode Detail: The Understudy - Upstairs, Downstairs

The servants feud over who will replace Hudson after he suffers a heart attack. Fleuriau: Andre Charisse. Madame Fleuriau: Barbara Bolton. Hudson: Gordon Jackson. Richard: David Langton. Georgina: Lesley-Anne Down. Edward: Christopher Beeny.

Episodes: The Understudy - Upstairs, Downstairs - 86 total Episodes

Desirous of Change
Wanted: A Good Home
On Trial
A Family Gathering
A Cry for Help
For Love of Love
The Fruits of Love
Whom God Hath Joined...
A Voice from the Past
Magic Casements
A Perfect Stranger
Distant Thunder
An Object of Value
Peace out of Pain
Upstairs, Downstairs
On with the Dance
Peace Out of Pain
Goodwill to All Men
If You Were the Only Girl in the World
Out of the Everywhere
The Understudy
Joke Over
Married Love
The Hero's Farewell
The Glorious Dead
The New Man
Whither Shall I Wander?
Word of Honour
A Pair of Exiles
Magic Casements
Noblesse Oblige
A Special Mischief
The Swedish Tiger
The Joy Ride
The Nine Days Wonder
Distant Thunder
Guest of Honour
Rose's Pigeon
Home Fires
A Family Secret
Women Shall Not Weep
Upstairs, Downstairs
Tug of War
Laugh a Little Louder, Please
On Trial
A Family Gathering
Why Is Her Door Locked?
Magic Casements
Alberto
The Understudy
Will Ye No' Come Back Again?
I Dies for Love
Guest of Honour
Miss Forrest
Your Obedient Servant
Board Wages
On Trial
The Beastly Hun
All the King's Horses
A Patriotic Offering
The Property of a Lady
Rose's Pigeon
Facing Fearful Odds
Such a Lovely Man
The Wages of Sin
News from the Front
The Sudden Storm
Another Year
A Place in the World
An Old Flame
The Key of the Door
Disillusion
A House Divided
A Suitable Marriage
A Pair of Exiles
Goodwill to All Men
A Patriotic Offering
The Mistress and the Maids
The Bolter
What the Footman Saw
The Hero's Farewell
Whither Shall I Wander
The Path of Duty
A Change of Scene
Missing, Believed Killed
Why Is Her Door Locked?

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Premiered: 1974, on PBS

Rating: None

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Premise: The intertwining lives of the wealthy Bellamy family and its servants in Edwardian England unfold in several editions of this 1970s series, perhaps the most popular and praised to ever air on PBS's `Masterpiece Theatre.' Created by Jean Marsh (who won an Outstanding Actress Emmy as the downstairs maid Rose) and Eileen Atkins, the series spans the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and the shifting fortunes of complex and colorful characters, some more privileged than others.

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