These pages are designed to provide information about the award-winning British television series Upstairs, Downstairs.
Original text portions © Copyright S.Phillips 1997-2008. All rights reserved.
Last major update*: 13th January 2008 - Factfiles finished + various corrections etc
*(but News and DVD/Video information is updated as required!)

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NEWS

A few months ago a chap named Les Morrell entered the UK TV series Mastermind. For those that don't know, this is regarded as TV's hardest quiz show. His specialised subject was Upstairs, Downstairs. The edition he appeared in was shown on BBC2 on Monday 3rd March. If you go to the bottom of this page, you can download the set of questions he faced and answers (and a practice set of questions I gave him in preparation for the event). A movie of his performance is also here (right-click Save Target As on the film icon). Let me know how you fared if you try the questions yourself!

Hot on the heels of the Swedish DVD release of Season 1 comes Herskab Og Tjeneste Folk - the Danish release (see left, click for bigger version) from Midget Entertainment. This features all 13 first season episodes with the original English soundtrack and Danish subtitles. The press release suggests the release is widescreen (16:9). I do hope they haven't hacked the top and bottom of the picture off!

UpDown Season 1 is also now available in Finland (Kahden Kerroksen Väkeä) - see right. This four-disk set features all 13 first season episodes with the original English soundtrack, with Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian as subtitles. The set has an 18 rating which may seem odd, but this is the default rating given to DVDs in Finland which have not been submitted for official certification.

Memphis Belle have confirmed they will be releasing seasons 3,4 & 5 in the Netherlands in 2008.  They will also be re-releasing Seasons 1 and 2 in a single box set (apparently of just 6 DVDs), this time including the black and whites.

 

General

Introduction
The House 1
The House 2
Contact Addresses
Odd and ends
Links

 

Out of Costume

Before UpDown 1
Before UpDown 2
During UpDown 1
During UpDown 2
After UpDown 1
After UpDown 2

 

Behind the Scenes

Shooting 1
Shooting 2
Artwork
Miscellaneous

 

Books & Magazines

Novelisations
The Back-story Books
Non-fiction

Episode Guide
(with Factfiles)

UpDown Series Credits
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5

Thomas & Sarah

Documentaries

Alphabetical Episode List
Recurring Characters List

 

Extras

Interview with Richard Marson
- director of the Upstairs, Downstairs Remembered documentary and writer of a book on the making of the series.

Inside Updown - The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs
A review of Richard Marson's book about the making of the show
List of errata in the book's first edition

 

Comments/corrections etc.

Email me
If you have any feedback on these pages, I can be emailed - I try to reply to everybody, but this may take some time!

Photos

Group Shots
Loves Upstairs 1
Loves Upstairs 2
Loves Downstairs 1
Loves Downstairs 2
The Pre-War Years 1
The Pre-War Years 2
The Pre-War Years 3
The War Years
The Post-War Years 1
The Post-War Years 2
Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
Miscellaneous 3

 

Sounds

Sounds 1
Sounds 2
Lyrics

 

DVD Reviews

Availability Chart
UK (Network) Season 1
UK Season 2 & 3
UK Seasons 4, 5 & Thomas & Sarah
US
Spain



"Television is electronic theatre and not second-rate film."
(Alfred Shaughnessy from the Upstairs, Downstairs writers' guidelines)