Upstairs, Downstairs

This difficult year finally comes to bumpy close. Helen and Richard meet Mrs. Charles Hamilton who wants Richard to help get her pet project off the ground. Edward is home on leave but all is not well. A bombing in London brings a familiar face back to Eaton Place.

Sadly, perhaps inevitably, a double dose of tragic news arrives for those at Eaton Place.

Hazel has a little fling with Lt. Jack Dyson, whom she met at the tea party for wounded officers, and is seen by one of her lady acquaintances. James and Georgina meet in France and share a moment of passion.

The reappearance of Gregory Wilmot throws Rose into a tailspin. Lady Prudence butts heads with Helen over a tea party for wounded officers.

James yearns for a regimental post at the front and Rose volunteers to become a conductorette as the war rages on.

Edward and Daisy marry before he's sent to France and Georgina becomes a volunteer nurse. Ruby surprises everyone with a surprise announcement.

The sinking of the Lusitania has Hudson on a tirade and his anti-German fervor pervade the servants hall. Upstairs, Richard is made Civil Lord of the Admiralty in the newly-formed coalition government.

James is home on leave and offers a realistic account of what is really happening on the front and Daisy and Edward announce their engagement to Hudson.

In a gesture of goodwill, the Bellamys offer generous hospitality to a family of Belgian refugees and Edward is feeling increased pressure to enlist.

Lady Southwold and her 18-year-old granddaughter arrive at Eaton Place for the festive season.

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 Somerby Park.

A scandal erupts after Richard is given a confidential financial tip-off and his shares quadruple in value.

A French countess claiming to be an old acquaintance of Richard's asks Hazel to arrange a meeting.

Alfred, the former Bellamy footman, is on the run and dupes Rose, using her kindness as a shield from the law.

James' affection for Hazel grows after his mother's death and he proposes marriage.

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.

News of the Titanic disaster arrives at Eaton Place, and the entire household anxiously awaits word of Lady Marjorie's fate.

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.

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.

Elizabeth returns home with her newborn daughter, Lucy, and the very disagreeable and old Nanny Webster, to look after "Baby".

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.

Thomas is approached by a blackmailer who claims to have love letters from Lady Marjorie to Captain Hammond.

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.

Elizabeth comes home for Christmas without Lawrence. The Bellamys face another family crisis when it is discovered that Elizabeth is expecting a baby.

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.

Sarah tells James she's having his baby and the Bellamys make provisions to avoid a major scandal.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kirbridge return from their honeymoon and set up their new household in nearby Greenwich.

November 1907: Everyone's been concerned about Mrs. Bridges, who's been despondent ever since Emily's suicide, but when they discover she took a baby from his pram when his mother wasn't looking, and brought him home with her, they realise she's suffering from a mental breakdown. Hoping to keep the incident quiet and protect everyone's reputations, the Bellamys return the baby to his parents and offer compensation, but refuse to divulge Mrs. Bridges' identity. The father, furious that they consider themselves above the law, has Mrs. Bridges arrested and during her hearing, Hudson makes an extraordinary gesture he hopes will keep her out of prison.

April 1907: Believing destiny brought them together, Emily, the scruffy kitchen maid, falls deeply and hopelessly in love with a footman named William. When his mistress, Mrs. Van Groeben, learns about his relationship with Emily, she angrily orders William to stop seeing her, leaving Emily heartbroken and driven to an act of desperation.

Summer 1906: Captain Hammond, a handsome young friend of James', graciously agrees to escort Lady Marjorie to the opera. Feeling a strong mutual attraction, they quickly realize how compatible they are, despite the age difference, Abuzz with gossip, the servants seem to be the only ones aware of what's going on.

October 1906: Mary, the new housemaid confides in Richard that she's pregnant, the result of an assault by a man who drunkenly forced himself on her. Insisting he must bear responsibility, she reveals the man is Myles Radford, the son of Richard's friend (and her previous employer), General Radford. Myles, outraged that Richard has the gall to question his integrity, gets even with a classless move that could have enormous legal, financial, and moral ramifications.

December 1905: Elizabeth falls for a young German baron, whom her father is suspicious of. Richard quickly uncovers the Baron's secret, but as it turns out, Baron Klaus von Rimmer is hiding another secret, which Rose accidentally stumbles upon. The events of the evening compel one of the servants to betray not only the family, but the country as well.

May 1905: When Elizabeth returns home from abroad, her parents plan her debut into society, but the spirited young girl has little interest. She reluctantly agrees, but at the last moment, has a change of heart and flees. Rose, more like a sister than a servant, steps up and makes the girl see the situation in another light.

August 1904: Finding themselves alone and having the run of the house, the junior servants indulge in a night of wild partying. When James, the Bellamy's son, show up unexpectedly, the party takes an unusual turn, causing Sarah to reevaluate her life. Unhappy with what she sees, she makes a monumental decision that will alter her course forever.

June 1904: An artist, commissioned to paint Lady Marjorie's portrait, takes a shine to Sarah and convinces her to pose for him. The painting, depicting Sarah and her roommate, is a bit racy, and when the Bellamy's see it in a public exhibit, they fire both girls for what they wrongly conclude is "questionable behaviour."

November 1903: Clemence, young and inexperienced, is hired on a trial basis by Lady Marjorie, who decides Clemence is not an appropriate name for someone in service and changes it to Sarah. Being far too outspoken and having a tendency towards over exaggeration and drama, Sarah struggles to fit in and become accepted by the other servants.

Angela Baddeley on Russell Harty.

This documentary features episode commentaries by Karen Dotrice (Lily), Jenny Tomasin (Ruby), Simon Williams (James), Jean Marsh (Rose), writers Rosemary Anne Sisson and Jeremy Paul, and director Simon Langton.

This documentary features episode commentaries by Jean Marsh (Rose), Jacqueline Tong (Daisy), Christopher Beeny (Edward), Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel), Simon Williams (James), writer Rosemary Anne Sisson, and director Christopher Hodson.

This documentary features episode commentaries by Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel), Simon Williams (James), Jean Marsh (Rose), George Innes (Alfred), Jacqueline Tong (Daisy), writers Rosemary Anne Sisson and Jeremy Paul, and director Christopher Hodson.

This documentary features episode commentaries by Nicola Pagett (Elizabeth), Jean Marsh (Rose), Ian Ogilvy (Lawrence), Simon Williams (James), writers Rosemary Anne Sisson and Jeremy Paul, and co-creator and script editor Alfred Shaughnessy.

This documentary features episode commentaries by Jean Marsh (Rose), Evin Crowley (Emily), George Innes (Alfred), Simon Williams (James), and writers Fay Weldon, Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham, Jeremy Paul, and Rosemary Anne Sisson,

Alfred Shaughnessy and Simon Williams discuss their work on all five series of Upstairs Downstairs, recorded shortly before Alfred Shaughnessy passed away.

Part two of a documentary on the making of Upstairs, Downstairs. Directed by Stephen La Riviere.

An alternate version of "On Trial" with a different ending, designed to be shown by stations that are airing the first season but are skipping the black and white episodes. In this version, the maid Sarah leaves Eaton Place, which explains her absence from the color episodes until she returns in episode 10.