Mark your calendars to view the revamped series Upstairs Downstairs. Set in 1936 Britain this time, Sir Hallam and Lady Agnes Holland marry and move into a neglected 165 Eaton Place, and a flurry of characters unfold within its' walls. The aristocracy and their servants intertwine in their daily lives...the times in which they live...and the challenges of their own individual circumstances. For the original in 1971-1974, we were glued to our tellies each week as a new episode was telecast...waiting to see what would happen next...perhaps seeing a bit of us in all of them.
The new cast below...yes Jean Marsh is reprising her role as Rose (in a different position-still downstairs-Belgravia of Bucks-she arranges for the new staff). If you didn't see the original, we suggest you do...rent it...the acting is superb!
~The cast turned out in their finest~
The fictional script of the Bellamy Family is the brainchild of Jean Marsh and Dame Eileen Atkins.
In the new version, Rose played by Jean Marsh will no longer be a maid, she will see to the hiring of the new staff at 165 Eaton Place. The original Upstairs Downstairs was seen in over 70 countries and viewed by over 1 billion. Dame Eileen Atkins was not in the original, but she will be front and center in the 2011 version "upstairs".
How this cast of characters lives intersect...what they do with the changing morays of the times...all the obstacles...humor and DrAmA are what make Upstairs Downstairs so endearing. It's a proper, British-stiff-upper-lip-sort of thing. We admit we are intrigued, the strict British societal rules, the props and sets, the costuming, the interplay of characters all make for good viewing.
Do you have a favorite character? Tune in on April 10, 17, & 24 on PBS stations here in America.
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