Episode
Upstairs, Downstairs: The Nine Days Wonder
Overview
The entire household comes together when a General Strike is called throughout Britain in May 1926
Details
- Series
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1975-11-02
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Nine Days Wonder is Episode 9 in Series 5 of Upstairs, Downstairs. It aired on 1975-11-02. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 8: Such a Lovely Man
(Audio commentary available on some DVDs). An influential industrialist showers attention on Virginia, and there's another member of the household being courted—Ruby.
Episode 10: The Understudy
On the eve of an important dinner party for a French diplomat, Hudson suffers a heart attack.
More episodes from this season
Episode 7: Disillusion
Spring is in the air and Hudson has found love, but it comes at a price for the household. In the end, the object of his affection makes a sacrifice for him.
Episode 11: Alberto
Frederick considers his future when he feels his talents are largely wasted in the Bellamy household.
Episode 6: An Old Flame
James and Lady Diana Newbury behave foolishly, with little regard of how it impacts others. Edward is in trouble with Daisy when he's caught in a lie.
Episode 12: Will Ye No Come Back Again?
Hudson is back in his element when the Bellamys travel to Scotland for their summer holiday.
Episode 5: Wanted: A Good Home
Spring 1922: When William goes off to Prep School, Rose gets Alice a new puppy so she won't be lonely, but when Richard and Virginia go on holiday and leave Miss Treadwell in charge, the entire staff lines up against her when she tries to dispose of the "filthy creature".
Episode 13: Joke Over
After an evening of dissipated behavior and a reckless drive into the countryside, Georgina must appear at a coroner's inquest, when one of the locals is killed.
Episode 4: The Joy Ride
When James buys a small airplane, Virginia defies Richard, putting the entire household through quite an ordeal.
Episode 14: Noblesse Oblige
Better the devil you know than the one you don't is the lesson Mrs. Bridges and Ruby learn after a terrible row. Upstairs, Lord Stockbridge proposes to Georgina, but there's a catch.
Episode 3: Laugh a Little Louder Please
Georgina and her cohort throw a bacchanal at Eaton Place, with tragic consequences. Miss Treadwell, a governess for the children, joins the household.
Episode 15: All the King's Horses
James returns to England, with new found vigor and untold wealth, on the eve of the October 1929 stock market crash.