Upstairs Downstairs (Original)
Elizabeth Bellamy and her poet husband Laurence return from their honeymoon, but her first taste of married life is by no means sweet.
- Drama
- Year 1974
- 50 min
In series two there are more dramas at Eaton Place. Elizabeth's marriage to Lawrence is on the rocks meanwhile downstairs Sarah and Hudson go through upheavals in their personal lives. The whole house buzzes as King Edward VII comes for dinner and by the
- Year: 1972
E1 • The New Man
Elizabeth Bellamy and her poet husband Laurence return from their honeymoon, but her first taste of married life is by no means sweet.
E2 • Pair of Exciles
Scandal threatens Eaton Place: James, already heavily in debt, has made one of the Bellamys' servants pregnant.
E3 • Married Love
Relations between Elizabeth and her poet husband are strained. It is clear that the marriage has not been consummated.
E4 • Whom God Hath Joined
Elizabeth and husband Lawrence are spending Christmas apart, their marriage over, while tension brews between Hudson and Thomas, the Kirkbridges' manservant.
E5 • Guest Of Honour
When the staff at Eaton Place are told that King Edward VII is coming to dinner, they little realise that the royal evening will be marred by tragedy.
E6 • The Property Of A Lady
Lady Marjorie is blackmailed when Captain Hammond's former batman arrives demanding money for letters she wrote to a young officer three years before.
E7 • Your Obedient Servant
When butler Hudson leaves by the front door dressed as a gentleman, Richard Bellamy's brother Arthur is convinced that Hudson leads a double life.
E8 • Out Of The Everywhere
Elizabeth arrives home with her new baby, but the fearsome nanny charged with caring for the child causes tension in the house.
E9 • An Object Of Value
The disappearance of a valuable object causes malicious gossip and mutual suspicion below stairs when Lady Marjorie's widowed mother comes to stay.
E10 • Special Mischief
Rose is shocked to discover Elizabeth has got involved in the suffragette movement.
E11 • The Fruits Of Love
Elizabeth causes a scandal by falling for the charms of a wealthy Armenian bachelor. Lord and Lady Bellamy's money troubles mean they may have to give up 165 Eaton Place.
E12 • The Wages Of Sin
Mrs Bridges and Hudson discover that Sarah is pregnant by a mysterious stranger. Thomas the chauffeur offers to marry her.
E13 • Family Gathering
Elizabeth breaks off a relationship, and James returns from India with a fiancee who causes a stir both upstairs and downstairs at Eaton Place.
