Rent Upstairs Downstairs: Series 4: Part 1 (1976)
3.7 of 5 from 4 ratings
5h 51min
- General info
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- All series
- Synopsis:
The first part of Series 4 'Upstairs Downstairs' is the dramatic story of the beginning of World War I from 1914 - 1916. For the Bellamy household, above and below the stairs, the world is fast becoming a different place. The Great War, which changes forever the face of British society, has broken out...The family anxiously awaits news of James (Simon Williams), who is away at war. Meanwhile, Lady Prudence (Joan Benham) presuades Hazel (Meg Wynn Owen) to take in a family of Belgian refugees. Edward (Christopher Beeny) and Daisy (Jacqueline Tong) decide to marry when he comes home on 48 hour leave before setting off to fight in France. Hudson (Gordon Jackson) reads to the servants from a newspaper article of the sinking of the Lusitania. Meanwhile Hazel is attracted to a shy young officer and resolves to spend the rest of his leave with him, but unfortunately he must be called away to duty and she is left wondering whether she will ever see him again? - Actors:
- Angela Baddeley, David Langton, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, Lesley-Anne Down, Meg Wynn Owen, Joan Benham, Joyce Heron, Christopher Beeny, Jacqueline Tong, Jenny Tomasin, Cyril Cross, Lala Lloyd, Ian Hoare, Lisa Moss, Elma Soiron, Karen Glaser, Simon Williams, Raymond Huntley, Edward Underdown
- Directors:
- Christopher Hodson, Bill Bain, Derek Bennett
- Producers:
- John Hawkesworth
- Creators:
- Eileen Atkins, John Hawkesworth, Jean Marsh
- Writers:
- Rosemary Anne Sisson, John Hawkesworth, John Whitney, Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins
- Studio:
- Granada
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas
