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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767002653
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0767002652
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 7
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Release Date: January 15, 1998
Running Time: 663 minutes
Sales Rank: 3694
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 06, 1974
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Anglophiles rejoice: the Bellamys are back in their upscale London home, and the servants are again ensconced below stairs. The characters are endearing and the writing bittersweet as the story follows the lives of this aristocratic family and its helpers from 1904 into the 1930s. Nine new-to-video episodes of this seminal British series have been included in a seven-video boxed set. (It aired in the States under the auspices of Masterpiece Theatre.) Of the 13 episodes, 5 are rare black-and-white shows never broadcast in the U.S. All are clean and clear and as enjoyable as when they first aired in the early 1970s. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - lovely and addictive series
this series of upstairs and downstairs I have watched endless times.
Each time I watch still get excited and emotinal.
lovely series characters stories.
Do not hesitate to buy it if you like drama.
Rating: - top drama series
Savour the wonderful premiere series of UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS in this great DVD box set.
The saga of the Bellamy family and their lively, loyal servants at 165 Eaton Place went on to span 5 series and countless awards. In the legendary first series we are introduced to politician Richard Bellamy (David Langton), his beautiful wife Lady Marjorie (Rachel Gurney) and their children James (Simon Williams) and Elizabeth (Nicola Pagett). Downstairs, their staff, Hudson the butler (Gordon ... Read More
Rating: - The best ever made
Upstairs, Downstairs is the saga of the Bellamy family and their household staff in the early 20th century. Throughout the series their lives, loves, tragedies and triumphs are portrayed. This set of 13 episodes includes the COMPLETE first season as seen in Britain, including some black and white episodes never seen on tv in the US. In the first episode we are introduced to the colorful Sarah (Pauline Collins), in the second (B&W episode) Lady Marjorie has her portrait painted only to discover ... Read More
Rating: - Master Piece Theather in true form indeed....
I was just a toddler when the series first aired in the 70's, but from earing about the masterpiece theather references on PBS always wandered what all the fuzz was about.
This is a definite work of art, it should be considered a gem of the british television history. The acting is superb and the dialogues between the characters are fascinating in the emotional highs and lows that are transmitted in each episode.
My advise for the potential viewer is to view the series from episode ... Read More
Rating: - Still holding up well
This series holds up well after all these years. Sure, there are some minor problems with creaky dollys, hearing the camera tape rolling--hey, this was 1971 and it was a low budget make! But even with that it's a wonderful look at Edwardian England. Some of the best writing on either side of the "Big Pond." By far, this is one of the best series out there.
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