List of Upstairs, Downstairs episodes

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This is a list of episodes of the British ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs that aired from 1971 to 1975.

Contents

[edit] Series One (1971–72)

Upstairs Downstairs Series 1 DVD release
Upstairs Downstairs Series 1 DVD release

Series One was set from 1903 to 1909. While Magic Casements is set before A Cry for Help it is always shown after so as to put all the black-and-white episodes together. It aired from 10 October 1971 to 5 March 1972.

  1. On Trial
  2. The Mistress and the Maids
  3. Board Wages
  4. The Path of Duty
  5. A Suitable Marriage
  6. A Cry for Help
  7. Magic Casements
  8. I Dies from Love
  9. Why is Her Door Locked?
  10. A Voice from the Past
  11. The Swedish Tiger
  12. The Key of the Door
  13. For Love of Love

[edit] Series Two (1972–73)

Upstairs Downstairs Series 2 DVD release
Upstairs Downstairs Series 2 DVD release

The second series started as being set in 1908, despite Series One having ended in 1909, so as to give the writers more time set to set episodes in the Edwardian era. It ended on 6 May 1910, the day Edward VII died. It aired from 21 October 1972 to 19 January 1973

  1. The New Man
  2. A Pair of Exiles
  3. Married Love
  4. Whom God hath Joined...
  5. Guest of Honour
  6. The Property of a Lady
  7. Your Obedient Servant
  8. Out of the Everywhere
  9. An Object of Value
  10. A Special Mischief
  11. The Fruits of Love
  12. The Wages of Sin
  13. A Family Gathering

[edit] Series Three (1973–74)

Upstairs Downstairs Series 3 DVD release
Upstairs Downstairs Series 3 DVD release

This series begun in April 1912, and ended with the outbreak of the Great War on 4 August 1914. It aired from 27 October 1973 to 19 January 1974.

  1. Miss Forrest
  2. A House Divided
  3. A Change of Scene
  4. A Family Secret
  5. Rose's Pigeon
  6. Desirous of Change
  7. Word of Honour
  8. The Bolter
  9. Goodwill to All Men
  10. What the Footman Saw
  11. A Perfect Stranger
  12. Distant Thunder
  13. The Sudden Storm

[edit] Series Four (1974)

Upstairs Downstairs Series 4 DVD release
Upstairs Downstairs Series 4 DVD release

This series covered the First World War, from its outbreak in 1914 to the Armistice with Germany in 1918. It aired from 14 September 1974 to 7 December 1974.

  1. A Patriotic Offering
  2. News from the Front
  3. The Beastly Hun
  4. Women shall not Weep
  5. Tug of War
  6. Home Fires
  7. If You Were The Only Girl In The World
  8. The Glorious Dead
  9. Another Year
  10. The Hero's Farewell
  11. Missing Believed Killed
  12. Facing Fearful Odds
  13. Peace out of Pain

[edit] Series Five (1975)

Upstairs Downstairs Series 5 DVD release
Upstairs Downstairs Series 5 DVD release

The fifth and final series was set from summer of 1919 to the summer of 1930. It was the only series to have more than thirteen episodes and ran from 7 September 1975 to 21 December 1975.

  1. On With the Dance
  2. A Place in the World
  3. Laugh a Little Louder Please
  4. The Joy Ride
  5. Wanted - a Good Home
  6. An Old Flame
  7. Disillusion
  8. Such A Lovely Man
  9. The Nine Days Wonder
  10. The Understudy
  11. Alberto
  12. Will Ye No Come Back Again
  13. Joke Over
  14. Noblesse Oblige
  15. All the King's Horses
  16. Whither Shall I Wander?

[edit] References

  • Richard Marson, "Inside UpDown - The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs", Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2005
  • Updown.org.uk - Upstairs, Downstairs Fansite
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