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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-03 09:31 PM
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Anyone here familiar with "Upstairs Downstairs"?
I'm referring to the British series from the 1970s. It aired on PBS later, where I caught it in the early 90s. I've recently rediscovered it on video, and I'm wondering if anyone else is familiar with it.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-03 09:31 PM
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1. It ran in PBS in the 70s
I saw it then. It is a wonderful show. Nothing like it since.
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-03 09:33 PM
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2. Yes
I enjoyed it very much.
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searchingforlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-03 09:45 PM
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3. Watched it when it was on originally.
Just watched it again on video. What great storytelling.
Another one that was good was the BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-03 09:51 PM
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4. Good drama
I used to watch it as I was drifting away from telly. One of the last programs I followed. Very good the first time around. The local public library has the series on DVD, so I checked one out recently. It was nice to see it in colour, but for some reason it didn't seem to click this time around. Perhaps because I know the fates of the characters. But it's worth a viewing. Try to watch it in sequence.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-03 10:48 PM
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5. This has got to be the best; I mean the best.
I went to the library and took out all the series (6 at a time).

Just wonderful
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-03 10:54 PM
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6. I remember
I used to watch that with my mom when I was a kid. I've caught a few episodes of it since here and there. I really like it; I wonder if it's on DVD?
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 01:40 AM
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7. Yes, it's on DVD.
There's a whole site dedicated to "Upstairs Downstairs." You can find it here: http://www.updown.org.uk

They have some information about the DVD releases.
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 01:44 AM
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8. I am! It's one of my favorite programs of all time!
I have almost every episode on tape. Good thing too, because they stopped showing it on PBS here.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 01:47 AM
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9. You know what? You're all right.
I'm putting a star by your name, too. :)
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 02:09 AM
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10. mmm, upstairs downstairs!
The cook was fabulous. What was her name? Mrs. Bridges? And the butler was such a good actor! And Rose, the upstairs maid. Perfectly cast!

Oh, I loved that series. I'm heading to the library one of these days soon.

Lots of DVDs available on eBay:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=upstairs+downstairs+dvd&ht=2&sosortproperty=1&from=R10&BasicSearch=
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 04:50 AM
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11. TERRIFIC series
I LOVED :loveya: it, would enjoy seeing it again.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 08:08 AM
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12. Loved every year of it!
I hated to see it end.

It was one of the best Masterpiece Theater series ever!
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 03:14 PM
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13. another good series...
...was the one on Lily Langtree.
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crimson333 Donating Member (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-03 04:02 PM
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14. loved it
Just finished watching the whole series. I got them all from Netflix
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