Episode
Upstairs, Downstairs: A House Divided
Overview
News of the Titanic disaster arrives at Eaton Place, and the entire household anxiously awaits word of Lady Marjorie's fate.
Details
- Series
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1973-11-03
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
A House Divided is Episode 2 in Series 3 of Upstairs, Downstairs. It aired on 1973-11-03. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 1: Miss Forrest
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.
Episode 3: A Change of Scene
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.
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Episode 4: A Family Secret
James' affection for Hazel grows after his mother's death and he proposes marriage.
Episode 5: Rose's Pigeon
Alfred, the former Bellamy footman, is on the run and dupes Rose and uses her kindness as a shield from the law.
Episode 6: Desirous of Change
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.
Episode 7: Word of Honour
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.
Episode 8: The Bolter
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.
Episode 9: Goodwill to All Men
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.
Episode 10: What the Footman Saw
A leisurely evening out with his chums, a few beers and some downstairs gossip give Edward a bigger headache than any hangover ever could.
Episode 11: A Perfect Stranger
While running an ordinary errand, Rose's life takes an extraordinary turn.
Episode 12: Distant Thunder
The disparity between James' and Hazel's background is cut wide open when Hazel suffers a miscarriage.
Episode 13: The Sudden Storm
A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent.