Rent Upstairs Downstairs: Series 1 (2010)
3.3 of 5 from 12 ratings
3h 0min
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- Synopsis:
1936. The house at 165 Eaton Place has stood empty since the Bellamy family sold it six years earlier. Now the doors are finally flung open by new owners, diplomat Sir Hallam, his wife Lady Agnes, and, back from the Raj, Maud, Lady Holland, his mother. With the arrival of Agnes's debutante sister, Lady Persie, the sumptuous home is ready to come to life. And who better than Rose, the house's former parlourmaid, to recruit the new staff? The new 'downstairs' family is as full of characters as its previous incarnation with the highly strung butler Mr Pritchard, cook Mrs Thackeray, chauffeur Harry Spargo and a vivacious and spirited young team. Soon both the elegant upstairs world and the downstairs staff have built their own labyrinth of secrets, lies and scandal, and as they feel the tremors of royal and political upheaval and the ominous threat of war, the house reverberates to the familiar sounds of rumour, excitement and dread... - Actors:
- Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins, Claire Foy, Anne Reid, Art Malik, Adrian Scarborough, Neil Jackson, Ellie Kendrick, Nico Mirallegro, Blake Ritson, Anthony Calf, Emma Clifford, Edward Baker-Duly, Caroline O'Neill, Sadie Shimmin, Jack Bannell, Sy Turner, Helen Bradbury
- Directors:
- Eros Lyn, Saul Metzstein
- Producers:
- Nikki Wilson, Piers Wenger, Heidi Thomas, Rebecca Eaton, Kate Harwood
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
