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Upstairs, Downstairs - The Fifth Series - Part 1 [VHS] [1971]

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Upstairs, Downstairs - The Fifth Series - Part 1 [VHS] [1971]

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Actors: Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley, Christopher Beeny
Directors: Bill Bain, Christopher Hodson, Derek Bennett, Raymond Menmuir
Writers: Alfred Shaughnessy, Jeremy Paul, John Hawkesworth, Rosemary Anne Sisson
Format: PAL
Language English
Classification: 12
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
VHS Release Date: 6 Aug 2001
Run Time: 409 minutes

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005LM9K
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,140 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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The first eight episodes from the final series of the epic drama set during and after World War I.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Who will win the Peace?, 3 Sep 2001

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There is a liveliness in this sequence of eight episodes that has been absent from the series since Lady Marjorie Bellamy died on the Titanic in 1912. The bloodbath of the Great War has been over for almost two years as we step through the familiar front door of 165 Eaton Place. Virginia Hamilton, now Viscountess Bellamy, returns from her European honeymoon without the slightest intention of taking on the r�le of mistress of Eaton Place, a position left vacant by the death of James Bellamy's wife, Hazel. Is it she or Richard, accustomed to the 'political wife' of the Edwardian era, who emerges victorious in the battle of the sexes?

The characters of James Bellamy, Georgina Worsley, and the former Lady Diana Russell, bored with marriage to good old Bunny, Marquess of Newbury, illustrate the madcap merriment of the twenties, a time when all's fair in love as it had been in war. The residents of the Servants' Hall, too, seek a freshness, a vitality in their lives and relationships. Even Ruby, still elevenpence ha'penny short of a bob, demands her place in the post-war world, defying the senior staff to find a 'Rudolf Valentino' of her very own! The joie de vivre is always short-lived. That love so often lies bleeding suggests that war has given way to a tug-of-war between past and present, a conflict in which characters old and new, above and below stairs, are inextricably involved.

This is one of the most enjoyable "Upstairs Downstairs" series, inviting the viewer to share the social tension as the old world lies shot to pieces, yet never saying die, as a new order struggles into life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars More ups & downs for the Bellamy's and their staff!, 17 Aug 2001

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You can't help but feel sorry for the Bellamy household as nothing ever seems to be straightforward for them, and they have certainly had more than their fair share of tragedy over the years. Series 5 (part 1) focusses on the years directly after the end of World War 1, as the household embraces the 1920's. Drama unfolds as Lord Richard Bellamy and his new wife Virginia argue strongly about where to live. James Bellamy is lonely and he asks them to move back into Eaton Place with him. He fears that with just him and Georgina Worsley in the house the staff have too little to do, and he feels he may have to give them all notice and then sell the house. Richard wants to move back in but Virginia does not, especially with her young children to consider. Richard quickly learns that Virginia is certainly a force to be reckoned with! James Bellamy decides to enter politics, but will he find the right constituency to represent? Should he really follow in his Father's footsteps or should he listen to sound advice first? Georgina also decides that a wild party would be fun, but unfortunately tragedy once again envelopes Eaton Place. The new governess meets her match and realises that in the end she will never triumph over the formidable Rose Buck, newly appointed lady's maid to Lady Virginia Bellamy! Mr Hudson also learns a harsh lesson regarding other members of household staff, and it is a bitter pill to swallow, even for him. There is an awful lot of drama, fun and excitement contained in these first eight episodes of the final series of Upstairs Downstairs. Although I am too young to remember it when it originally aired I have found it gripping to watch on these reissued videos. I consider this a first class drama series and would recommend it to anyone!

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