Underplayed Gems

Upstairs Downstairs (2010)

Upstairs Downstairs poster
Directed by
Euros Lyn
Genre
period drama film, drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 9 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1936 London, a new wealthy family moves into 165 Eaton Place and reopens the household with the help of a former housemaid turned housekeeper. The series follows the lives of the family and their servants as they navigate social changes leading up to the Second World War.

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What happens

Upstairs Downstairs is a British drama series, broadcast on BBC One from 2010 to 2012, and produced by BBC Wales. Created and written by Heidi Thomas, it is a continuation of the London Weekend Television series of the same name, which ran from 1971 to 1975 on ITV. The series resumes the story of 165 Eaton Place in 1936 London, six years after the original series concluded. Jean Marsh reprises her role as Rose Buck, who becomes housekeeper of the re-established household, with Ed Stoppard and Keeley Hawes playing its new owners Sir Hallam and Lady Agnes Holland. The first series, consisting of three episodes, was broadcast across consecutive nights during Christmas 2010. The second series consists of six episodes, first aired between 19 February 2012 and 25 March 2012. The series ends at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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