Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Air date: 1973-10-27
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: In the spring of 1912, Lady Marjorie prepares to visit Elizabeth in New York and James takes an interest in Richard's comely and respectable new secretary, Miss Forrest.
Air date: 1973-11-03
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: News of the Titanic disaster arrives at Eaton Place, and the entire household anxiously await word of Lady Marjorie's fate.
Air date: 1973-11-10
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: James' weekend visit to Somerby Park, with Hudson in tow as his valet, presents an opportunity for both to appreciate their beloved Eaton Place and what they've left behind there.
Air date: 1973-11-17
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The race is on downstairs -- who will marry first upstairs -- Captain James or his father, Richard?
Air date: 1973-11-24
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Alfred, the former Bellamy footman, is on the run and dupes Rose and uses her kindness as a shield from the law.
Air date: 1973-12-01
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Hazel Bellamy assumes her role as mistress of the household with great trepidation and Richard becomes the quarry of a bounty-hunting Austrian woman and her wily and rapacious brother.
Air date: 1973-12-08
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Richard Bellamy, who has been in considerable financial distress since the death of Lady Marjorie, finds himself at the center of a insider trading firestorm in his capacity as a member of Parliament.
Air date: 1973-12-15
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Hazel's first substantial encounter with fashionable society causes her great humiliation, marital distress and a near-fatal accident, when she and James visit Lord and Lady Newbury at Sommerby Park.
Air date: 1973-12-22
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: It's Christmas 1913 and two young ladies, one from upstairs and the new parlor maid, conspire to spread holiday cheer to the less fortunate.
Air date: 1973-12-29
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A leisurely evening out with his chums, a few beers and some downstairs gossip give Edward a bigger headache than any hangover ever could.
Air date: 1974-01-05
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: While running an ordinary errand, Rose's life takes an extraordinary turn.
Air date: 1974-01-12
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The disparity between James' and Hazel's background is cut wide open when Hazel suffers a miscarriage.
Air date: 1974-01-19
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent.
