Upstairs Downstairs cast reunion (Bafta Special, 2007)

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  • Happy Birthday Bafta, ITV, 07/11/2007 - a reunion (standing in a row on a stage, really) of the then-surviving cast members of the ITV classic. Including the beloved Ruby!
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  • @cottingleybaby
    @cottingleybaby 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Without doubt still one of if not the best period drama ever made .

  • @gemini3392
    @gemini3392 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    One of the best shows ever.

  • @faithfulforever6331
    @faithfulforever6331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    You know when a series is a classic because it is 50 years later from when it first was shown and yet even today, the series is fresh and still pertinent. I loved watching it 50 years ago and I love watching it again now!

    • @stellabrennan6583
      @stellabrennan6583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Watching it on talking pictures now still great after all these years

    • @marlenedean5894
      @marlenedean5894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stellabrennan6583 yes I'm watching on Talking Pictures too. Really enjoying it.

    • @absoluteacw
      @absoluteacw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unique in that fiction was weaved with fact. Much was learned from this drama. Brilliant.

    • @malcolmjawohowelll2892
      @malcolmjawohowelll2892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The quality of casting and writing was far superior to other dramas at the time and many since ...truly outstanding it's pinnacle was the stories during the 1914-18 war

  • @k.a.wippel2823
    @k.a.wippel2823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Mr. Hudson and Mrs. Bridges were the heart of that show.

  • @blastfromthepast8344
    @blastfromthepast8344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Incredible series. The precursor to, but much better than, Downton Abbey. I bought the complete Upstairs Downstairs DVD box set a couple of years ago and am currently on series 4... possibly the most powerful and dramatic of them all. R.I.P. Christopher Beeny, Nicola Pagett and all of those who sadly are no longer with us.

    • @TheLitehart1
      @TheLitehart1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, this show owns my heart and always will. I realize DA was a fine series, beautifully produced and acted, but it never had the same impact on me as UD.

  • @totoro9590
    @totoro9590 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Why am I crying after watching this? I watched it as a child and now have turned 60....
    It's just so upsetting to realise that some of the older characters have passed away 😢😢 you think of them as being exactly the same as they were many years ago....but time waits for no man, as they say....excellent series, they don't make them that that anymore ❤❤

    • @lsmith9249
      @lsmith9249 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i'm 61 and watched as a child too and i'm loving watching it again on ITV3
      its sad to realise most are gone, but l don't think its dated as some series have

    • @withheld4570
      @withheld4570 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true..I see we are the same age. I grew up watching this programme. It was the best that was around. Mr Hudson and Mrs Bridges were my favourite characters. So sad to know they’re not around. I think Jean Marsh is the only surviving actress now..

  • @truthteller339
    @truthteller339 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I absolutely LOVE this series. I've just binge watched all 5 series and now I'm starting it all over again. Simon Williams.....SWOON.....
    And Gordon Jackson what a magnificent actor.
    So many social issues depicted here.....its just a pure delight and the casting was perfect.

  • @billiegray9109
    @billiegray9109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Just rewatched it! Downton wasn't a patch on upstairs downstairs!!

  • @andrewwalton1520
    @andrewwalton1520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Still love Jenny Tomasin who played Ruby and her wonderful voice .

    • @ppotter
      @ppotter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "Roo-bee!"

    • @brucekilby9957
      @brucekilby9957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      'Ruby are you stirring that or pot or thinking about Rudolf Valentino'? Ruby and Mrs Bridges,two important characters in Upstairs Downstairs and It was so understandable that Ruby would live with Mrs B and Mr Hudson after 165 was sold. A Beautiful series so well written and acted. R.I.P to those cast members who have past on.🇬🇧🎂🍾🌂🕯📮🚪🇬🇧

  • @Leoviliti1
    @Leoviliti1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Who else had tears of nostalgia..omg this truly got to me!
    They were part of our family everytime they were on TV !
    So many are sadly missed so even a tear for that also!
    ...I especially loved the final episode where Rose went to look round the now empty house and ghostly voices of yesteryear echoed throughout the rooms.. ❤️ well that's how it felt for me just then too ❤️

  • @absoluteacw
    @absoluteacw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I believe when it was filmed it was in such a way that it just ran. They didn't cut and start again if it wasn't to scratch. It was theatre. Fantastic drama. One of the best if not the best. It set the tone.

  • @julierichardson6193
    @julierichardson6193 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    my favourite show of all time downton abbey cant even compete

  • @kdp8133
    @kdp8133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The episode when the King came to dinner and Sarah went into labour was superb.

    • @glennhoddle10
      @glennhoddle10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes it was. One of the best acting displays on tv.

  • @denisehowes4785
    @denisehowes4785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    James looks better than ever

  • @TheMorbius1
    @TheMorbius1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Just realized that the lady in the beige dress is Lesley-Anne Down. Always gorgeous.

  • @kellyeson9506
    @kellyeson9506 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hands down, my favorite show of all time.

  • @cfrygirl
    @cfrygirl ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I just rewatched Upstairs Downstairs ❤ I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched it!! Still a fan!

  • @MrHowzabout
    @MrHowzabout ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Never tire of this wonderful, wonderful show. Brilliant scripts and performances. Magic!

  • @UXB-p5u
    @UXB-p5u 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    NOTHING ever topped Upstairs Downstairs the brilliant sets, scripts costume and ACTING was and will always play a very special part in the publics affection ❤

    • @writeract2
      @writeract2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yup - I can't even begin to put it into words.

  • @sarahlouise7163
    @sarahlouise7163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    lesley ann down had so much work done, you wouldn’t know it was her unless you knew it was her

  • @stephenburbage2195
    @stephenburbage2195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My all time favourite period drama series - no equal in my opinion.

  • @cumbriacam5742
    @cumbriacam5742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    They talk about a soundtrack for life
    . This was my screenplay for life

  • @rickimam
    @rickimam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks for sharing. I‘m watching it again on DVD and see it with different eyes, now that I‘m an adult.

  • @cherylmckelvey9816
    @cherylmckelvey9816 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Still showing entire series on Britbox. Best money I ever spent, Roku + Britbox.
    Sure beats the crap out of reality shows.

  • @kabardinka1
    @kabardinka1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    A much better show than Downton Abbey.

    • @Laney2272
      @Laney2272 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Both made of their time and equally as good!

    • @jennynott3841
      @jennynott3841 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I like downton abbey

  • @chijavier1869
    @chijavier1869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I just finished watching all of the series 2x both shown on ITV3 and Drama. It will stay on my Planner forever something I know I will go back to again and again. Thank you to Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins. ❤️

  • @cassdaley2652
    @cassdaley2652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    My favorite character was Ruby. Would have liked to have met Jenny Tomasin before she passed away. Died too soon at age 73. :/

    • @kabardinka1
      @kabardinka1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wish they gave Jenny Tomasin a show of her own. She had so much to do with Upstairs Downstairs' success.

  • @ayleenx350
    @ayleenx350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Beautiful Lesley-Anne Down , Amazing Pauline Collins and all team they created unforgettably story , movie .

  • @davidnarbett
    @davidnarbett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    ‘My Lady!, My Lady!, I tried to save her….’
    Miss Roberts return from the Titanic.
    Cuts me up every time.

    • @kabardinka1
      @kabardinka1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of the finest episodes. I loved the scene where Hazel got Miss Roberts to give up Lady Margery's jewelry box. The third season was the best... excellent writing.

    • @brucekilby9957
      @brucekilby9957 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So well acted and written that scene. Miss Roberts was a important Character earlier in the series.🍾

    • @andreamanning1257
      @andreamanning1257 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m watching the show for the first time as it’s being repeated on ITV3 I’m on series 3 but they’ve missed out some episodes unfortunately, it jumped from series 3 episode 1 to episode 4. I realise lady Marjorie died on the Titanic but they just said Miss Robert’s had been “put away”?

  • @marje8249
    @marje8249 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I still watch this when it’s in, quite often episodes on talking pictures tv. What a treat to see this with the cast reunited 😊

  • @mavelez9513
    @mavelez9513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Started my love for british shows!

  • @annmariekj
    @annmariekj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just watch all the series of upstairs downstairs I was sobbing when they all had to leave the house a great series of the old days

  • @lavelle1700
    @lavelle1700 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2024 and I still watch it over and over, each year.

  • @samstwitch
    @samstwitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have the series and have seen it countless times. This was great!

  • @devinegravity57
    @devinegravity57 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely loved and still love this series. It was many decades before my time but I really really got so fond of every character and it's so sad that many of them are not with us anymore.
    Beautiful

  • @ozzie-sk9dh
    @ozzie-sk9dh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The women were all very beautiful.

  • @ayleenx350
    @ayleenx350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The amazing story. Love all actors 💯👍🌹

  • @boum62
    @boum62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fantastic actors.. especially john Alderton' s threatening statement to the belamys warning of all that he knew. Just seen it on TV again. Wonderful. 2021

  • @BLTKellys
    @BLTKellys 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The original masterpiece, shamelessly ripped off by Downton Abbey.

    • @gwynnethcoan761
      @gwynnethcoan761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gave up on that halfway through the first series.

    • @andreamanning1257
      @andreamanning1257 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I watched Downton Abbey last year and I’m now watching Upstairs Downstairs, Downton Abbey definitely were “inspired by”(tongue in cheek) a lot of the characters and storylines in Upstairs Downstairs

  • @scronx
    @scronx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lousy crowd should have given them 3 standing ovations! And is this really all there was of the reunion? Thanks so much for sharing it!

    • @ppotter
      @ppotter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, that was all there was.

    • @exaudi33
      @exaudi33 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dreadful audience, laughing mindlessly and inappropriately.

  • @linny3260
    @linny3260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loved this show.

  • @jensmom604
    @jensmom604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I loved this series so much. My favorite character was Mrs. Bridges.

    • @nigelthebriton54
      @nigelthebriton54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mine was Hazel. Someone who cared...

    • @faithfulforever6331
      @faithfulforever6331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I always enjoyed the interaction between Mrs. Bridges and Ruby. There was love there, but exasperation too; just as it is in a real family.

    • @kabardinka1
      @kabardinka1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nigelthebriton54 Meg Wynn Owen was incredible on that show. Very underrated. I think it went downhill when she left.

    • @brucekilby9957
      @brucekilby9957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kabardinka1 Hi I was surprised she was killed off. A important character,but I suppose that flu pandemic was very bad.thanks.

  • @maryvalentine9090
    @maryvalentine9090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Well Anthony Andrews was part of that cast, as well.

  • @lauranicholls9421
    @lauranicholls9421 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting. Was too young to watch at the time. But seen it recently. A very emotional series. The last series. I was crying my eyes out. Talk about bad luck for a house

  • @sallywright8065
    @sallywright8065 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still watching it now, love it!

  • @denisehowes4785
    @denisehowes4785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The star of this show was...no.one..the show itself was the star which is what made it great.

  • @maureenogorman8740
    @maureenogorman8740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love that show !!!! Loved Hudson. Never could deal with Sarah.

    • @gwynnethcoan761
      @gwynnethcoan761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, I tried to but she never worked for me. I was glad when she left!

    • @kabardinka1
      @kabardinka1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gwynnethcoan761 The third and fourth seasons of Upstairs Downstairs were the best. The writing really got in a groove.

  • @Dan5819
    @Dan5819 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everyone looked great! I enjoy watching these shows over and over again and never get tired of them (although Hudson gets my goat, sometimes still!).

  • @boum62
    @boum62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jean marsh... Still pretty x

  • @waivedwench
    @waivedwench 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    More "absent friends": Christopher Beeny (Edward), Jenny Tomasin (Ruby) and Nicola Duffett (Elizabeth).

    • @sazzieb1
      @sazzieb1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nicola Paget

    • @brucekilby9957
      @brucekilby9957 ปีที่แล้ว

      That must be half of that great show have passed away.Bless those who remain. The beauty of Technology.🇬🇧🕰

    • @truthteller339
      @truthteller339 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was Nicola Pagett

  • @psychosoma5049
    @psychosoma5049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I still think James Bellingham is one of the most handsome men I've ever seen

    • @ppotter
      @ppotter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who?

    • @psychosoma5049
      @psychosoma5049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ppotter sorry I forgot the character's surname. James.

    • @brucekilby9957
      @brucekilby9957 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@psychosoma5049 James Bellamy. Son of Lord Bellamy. James's wife passed away in the Flu epidemic.

  • @javiersolanasuz4430
    @javiersolanasuz4430 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    La mejor serie de época. Qué guiones, qué actores, qué bien dirigida está. Es maravillosa.

  • @denisehowes4785
    @denisehowes4785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Recently saw the episode with the Belgian refugees..very moving and even more so with what is happening in Ukraine 😥

    • @hopebgood
      @hopebgood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've been SkyQing all this and my best bit lately was when Edward reeeally let Mr Hudson know what he thought about him. "All you did in the war was serve everyone bloody sherry!"

    • @glen7318
      @glen7318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hopebgood very unfair of Edward. Hudson was way too old but he tried ot join up.... and he was injured when working as a specail policeman

  • @paulsimpson1697
    @paulsimpson1697 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic show

  • @lruss5050
    @lruss5050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still love watching this show! I first watched it as an au pair in London!❤️🇨🇦

  • @jaapvanderplas8175
    @jaapvanderplas8175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    geweldige serie. respect.

  • @BEB1996
    @BEB1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pauline Collins rarely acknowledges the beginning of her career.

  • @truthteller339
    @truthteller339 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Since this.....Jenny Thomasin, Meg Wynn Owen and Christopher Beeny have very sadly left us......😢

  • @grahamwing7278
    @grahamwing7278 ปีที่แล้ว

    2023 repeated again & I know it word for word, timeless

  • @englishlady8863
    @englishlady8863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lesley Ann Dawning is still beautiful.

    • @exaudi33
      @exaudi33 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Leslie-Anne Down is her name.

  • @andreamanning1257
    @andreamanning1257 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im watching Upstairs Downstairs now I’m on series 3 and loving it! Downton Abbey certainly borrowed quite liberally from this.

  • @truthteller339
    @truthteller339 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Christopher Beeny was so cute ! God bless him.

  • @avagrego3195
    @avagrego3195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Super, loved it.

  • @philipwood5284
    @philipwood5284 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When this Brilliant series started, I was sharing a flat with my actor brother - it was also 165! Chris would answer the telephone with "165...." as Hudson. We all became the cast and never missed an episode. Like many, I still watch it and the wobbly set matters not a jot. Superb Television - and indeed also my preference.

  • @CliveNDerek
    @CliveNDerek ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The audience's laughter not only sounded canned here, it is completely inappropriate. Anyone who has seen the series would know that these clips were not funny, but poignant. Especially Sarah's remark about being an "in-between."

    • @exaudi33
      @exaudi33 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly.

  • @paulsimpson1697
    @paulsimpson1697 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ago, jenny (Ruby) now gone in 2012 so sad also hazel dementia a few years ago so sad 😢😢😢

  • @stantheman5657
    @stantheman5657 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved the character of Ruby especially in the episode where she joined a dating agency and hooked up with a bloke from Balham, who she blew out when he proposed to her.
    She was a great actor who was a bit too type cast as a drudge.

    • @exaudi33
      @exaudi33 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh, that was a riot! The bloke was Herbert, who loved to read about both the aristocracy and murder cases. After breaking off with him, she started sending away for shipping brochures -- "Get the cruising habit!"

  • @peterclark8248
    @peterclark8248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shame Hannah Gordon wasn't there.

  • @markwright3906
    @markwright3906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved naughty Sarah

  • @garymehegan2860
    @garymehegan2860 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant

  • @HONCH123
    @HONCH123 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful

  • @alfiethenostalgiaboy2007
    @alfiethenostalgiaboy2007 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:50 Fun Fact: John Alderton is also known for narrating the Original Fireman Sam

  • @nigelwilliams9307
    @nigelwilliams9307 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Total respect!

  • @noelmckenna3510
    @noelmckenna3510 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jacqueline tong looks so beautiful her voice too .

  • @lukedavis3703
    @lukedavis3703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They're such a cute couple

  • @greenonions5296
    @greenonions5296 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aw how sweet, tear.

  • @truthteller339
    @truthteller339 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So sad that Angela Baddeley, David Langton and Rachel Gurney were missing. I wonder why Hannah Gordon wasnt there ?

  • @fmcevoy1
    @fmcevoy1 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Anthony Andrews was in the last season of the show.

  • @wolandbegemotazazello
    @wolandbegemotazazello 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This show puts, in my opinion, the mediocrity that is Downton Abbey to shame. Downton is not even close a patch on this great show. A lot of that was due, of course, to the fact that Upstairs Downstairs had vastly superior writing to Fellowe's three minute per scene apologia for the manorial class.

  • @swamiv.lubeck5045
    @swamiv.lubeck5045 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why only 5:06 minutes ... ?

    • @ppotter
      @ppotter  ปีที่แล้ว

      That's all it was.

  • @truthteller339
    @truthteller339 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Blimey Lesley Anne Down's had some work done hasn't she ?

  • @dwnstringer
    @dwnstringer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where is george innes?

  • @fernandacardoso3732
    @fernandacardoso3732 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤️💜🥰💕💕

  • @rogerpropes7129
    @rogerpropes7129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't place the guy with the beard?

    • @ppotter
      @ppotter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John Alderton.

    • @bipbippadotta5953
      @bipbippadotta5953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      John Alderton played Watkins, the chauffeur who married Sarah. They are also married in real life.

    • @pikemeredith5604
      @pikemeredith5604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He's changed some since those days but considering he's probably in his late 70's here, I think he looks pretty good compared to others. I have liked John since his Please Sir days.

    • @brucekilby9957
      @brucekilby9957 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was good looking in the Please Sir and his Roll in Up Down was perfect for him. Welsh,nasty,womanizer,Liar and what a fine performance. And so his wife.🇬🇧🕰

  • @user-xp5cp5fu9w
    @user-xp5cp5fu9w 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I cannot STAND Pauline Collins and her perpetual attempts at upstaging and scene-stealing. My favorites on the show were Gordon, Angela, Simon, and the various great guest stars.

  • @grahamwing7278
    @grahamwing7278 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loadsa fluffed lines, must of been short on time

  • @franceshicks5337
    @franceshicks5337 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think 165 Eaton ple, was far superior to Downton although I did enjoy some of the episodes eg like the king's visit etc if gave us a little insight into life then, altho not impressed with the "upper classes" looking down on ppl, servants to put Ur clothes on take Ur clothes off, run Ur bath, cook Ur food, clean etc, ooooof & the poor ppl had nothing

  • @jondenmark9577
    @jondenmark9577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it was a fantastic drama i watched it from the first episode to the last great cast and the acting was superb it showed the class system as it really was in the early nineteen hundreds