One of the most loved television series of all time is brought back to life with a stellar cast and a story full of scandal, romance and intrigue set against a sweeping historical backdrop.Series One: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...Series Two:Set in the year preceding World War Two, 165 Eaton Place reopens its doors and welcomes you back into the enthralling lives of its inhabitants, both upstairs and down. Now a wellestablished and thriving household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir Hallam's family is complete with the addition of two small children and London has settled into an easy peace with the apparent aversion of war.But with both upstairs and downstairs harbouring life changing secrets and the menace of war creeping ever closer, the smooth running of Eaton Place threatens to come crashing to a shattering halt. And as romance, heartbreak and intrigue engulf the household, its inhabitants discover that the real threat is much closer to home... [show more]
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One of the Beeb’s much-loved series is given a millennium overhaul in this remake written by Heidi Thomas (CRANFORD) and directed by Eros Lyn (SHERLOCK) and Saul Metzstein (MICRO MEN). Keeley Hawes (ASHES TO ASHES), Ed Stoppard (THE PIANIST), Claire Foy (LITTLE DORRIT), Jean Marsh (SENSE AND SENSIBILITY) and Anne Reid (THE MOTHER) star in this drama set in 1936 detailing a power struggle between the aristocratic owners of 165 Eaton Place and their disobedient servants. This release includes the complete first and second series.
The first and second series of the BBC remake of the 1970s period drama charting the exploits of one middle-class family and their working-class servants. In the first series, diplomat Sir Hallam Holland (Ed Stoppard) and his wife, Lady Agnes (Keeley Hawes), move into the long-vacant 165 Eaton Place and are soon joined by Hallam's mother, Maud (Eileen Atkins), and Agnes's sister, Lady Persie (Claire Foy). Former parlour maid Rose (Jean Marsh) is put in charge of recruiting the new household staff and soon both the residents from upstairs and downstairs are embroiled in more than just domestic drama, with romance and clandestine plots taking hold. The episodes comprise: 'The Fledgling', 'The Ladybird' and 'The Cuckoo'. The second series is set during the year before the outbreak of World War II. While the threat of war makes Hallam's work at the Foreign Office all the more stressful, his relationship with Agnes suffers. When she gets acquainted with American businessman Casper Landry (Michael Landes), Hallam becomes jealous and is tempted by Persie who has just returned from Germany where anti-Semitic violence has become rampant. Meanwhile, new nursery maid Beryl (Laura Haddock) is hired and immediately attracts chauffeur Spargo (Neil Jackson); butler Pritchard (Adrian Scarborough)'s past comes back to haunt him; and the servants all learn to cope with the absence of Rose who is suffering from tuberculosis. The episodes comprise: 'A Faraway Country About Which We Know Nothing', 'The Love That Pays the Price', 'A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood', 'All the Things You Are', 'The Last Waltz' and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'.
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