Rent Upstairs Downstairs: Series 1: B/W Episodes (1971)
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4h 55min
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- Synopsis:
Set at the beginning of the 20th Century, Upstairs Downstairs portrays the lives of the aristocratic Bellamy family, (upstairs) and their loyal and lively servants (downstairs). Enjoy the very beginning of this dramatic series and the introduction of its most famous characters. See how it all began with the relationships, scandals, marriages, social customs and struggles of both the privileged and the hardworking as they come together at the residence of Eaton Place in the black and white episodes of Upstairs Downstairs. Upstairs Downstairs is credited with a place in television history by being the first costume drama created for British TV, triumphant over the cinema by gripping the nation with a glorious recreation of the times. - Actors:
- Angela Baddeley, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, Pauline Collins, Rachel Gurney, David Langton, Patsy Smart, Evin Crowley, Christopher Beeny, Nicola Pagett, Simon Williams, Horst Janson
- Directors:
- Raymond Menmuir, Derek Bennett, Joan Kemp-Welch
- Producers:
- John Hawkesworth, Rex Firkin
- Writers:
- Alfred Shaughnessy, Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham, John Harrison, Jeremy Paul, Julian Bond
- Studio:
- Granada
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas
