Upstairs, Downstairs — Season 2
None of that behaviour in my kitchen.
About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. The New Man
10.0Aired 21 October 1972 • 50 min
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kirbridge return from their honeymoon and set up their new household in nearby Greenwich.
2. A Pair of Exiles
9.0Aired 28 October 1972 • 50 min
Sarah tells James she's having his baby and the Bellamys make provisions to avoid a major scandal.
3. Married Love
Aired 4 November 1972 • 50 min
Things have not improved in the Kirbridge household. It turns out they have yet to consummate their marriage. Lizzie, unaware she's married to a homosexual, is miserable and angry, making Lawrence miserable, too. Realising he cannot fulfil that need for her, Lawrence decides to enlist the help of a friend to step in as proxy.
4. Whom God hath Joined...
Aired 10 November 1972 • 50 min
Elizabeth comes home for Christmas without Lawrence. The Bellamys face another family crisis when it is discovered that Elizabeth is expecting a baby.
5. Guest of Honour
Aired 17 November 1972 • 50 min
There is great excitement among the servants when King Edward VII attends a supper party at Eaton Place. During the evening the arrival of an unexpected visitor creates an emergency below stairs.
6. The Property of a Lady
Aired 24 November 1972 • 50 min
Thomas is approached by a blackmailer who claims to have love letters from Lady Marjorie to Captain Hammond.
7. Your Obedient Servant
Aired 1 December 1972 • 50 min
The brothers of both Richard and Hudson are visiting, causing both men to do things they otherwise would not. For Hudson, it means putting on airs, and for Richard, the visit causes him to snoop; an action he considers beneath him.
8. Out of the Everywhere
Aired 8 December 1972 • 50 min
Elizabeth returns home with her newborn daughter, Lucy, and the very disagreeable and old Nanny Webster, to look after "Baby".
9. An Object of Value
Aired 15 December 1972 • 50 min
Everyone's nerves are frazzled when Lord Southwold dies, Lady Southwold and her companion, Miss Hodges, spend some time with Richard and Lady Marjorie and a valuable diamond brooch goes missing.
10. A Special Mischief
Aired 29 December 1972 • 50 min
Elizabeth joins the suffragette movement, but in her effort to protect her, Rose is imprisoned.
11. The Fruits of Love
Aired 5 January 1973 • 50 min
The Bellamys are in shock when they learn that Eaton Place, which is part of the Southwold estate, must be sold in order to satisfy the terms of the deceased Lord Southwold's will. Adding to their worries is news of Elizabeth's involvement with Julius Karekin, a man they strongly disapprove of, but in the end, the relationship proves very beneficial.
12. The Wages of Sin
Aired 12 January 1973 • 50 min
Sarah is pregnant with Watkins' baby and Lady Marjorie has run out of patience with both of them.
13. A Family Gathering
Aired 19 January 1973 • 50 min
Elizabeth's affair with Julius is over, James returns to England with his fiancée, Phyllis, and a major event marks the end of an era.