FM-U010-1972

Upstairs Downstairs: Series Two

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In 1936, Sir Hallam Holland and his pretty young wife Lady Agnes return from a diplomatic posting abroad and take up residence at 165 Eaton Place, formerly the home of the Bellamy family but vacant for several years. By chance, they ask Rose Buck, herself a long-time servant in the Bellamy household, to find them a suitable staff. In the end, Rose herself joins them as the Housekeeper. The 1930s are a difficult time in England. The Depression has taken its toll with high levels of unemployment. Fascism, which has become popular on the Continent in Italy and Germany, is also finding followers in the UK with Oswald Mosely's British Union of Fascists. As the new staff begin their daily work, the downstairs family begins to take shape. Episodes: 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"