Your Obedient Servant (Upstairs, Downstairs)
"Your Obedient Servant " | |
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Upstairs, Downstairs episode | |
Episode no. |
Season 2 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Derek Bennett |
Written by | Fay Weldon |
Original air date | 1973 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Angela Walker (Violet), Larry Martyn (the Electrician), John Nettleton (Arthur Bellamy), John Crocker (the Shop/Dresshire Assistant), Marcia Ashton (Maudie Hudson), Andrew Downie (Donald Hudson), Kim Hardy (Alice Hudson) | |
Episode chronology | |
Your Obedient Servant was the ninth episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1908.
Cast
- Guest cast
- Angela Walker (Violet)
- Larry Martyn (the Electrician)
- John Nettleton (Arthur Bellamy)
- John Crocker (the Shop/Dresshire Assistant)
- Marcia Ashton (Maudie Hudson)
- Andrew Downie (Donald Hudson)
- Kim Hardy (Alice Hudson)
Plot
Richard has an older brother named Arthur (John Nettleton), who bullied Richard as a child. In 1909 Arthur visits Richard, the two have a falling out and they never speak to each other again. Donald Hudson, a celebrated bridge engineer and Mr. Hudson's brother, comes to Eaton Place with his wife (Maudie) and daughter (Alice). Hudson's brother, Donald is a relatively famous engineer having constructed two major bridges over the Zambezi river: it appears that Hudson has gone to some effort to assist his brother's education in the past. Hudson wants to impress his brother and parades around London dressed as a toff. But the fraternal relationship remains very complicated.[1][2]
References
External links
- Updown.org.uk - Upstairs, Downstairs Fansite