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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767009492
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0767009495
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 8
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Release Date: July 27, 1999
Running Time: 816 minutes
Sales Rank: 23535
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 06, 1974
Editorial Review:
Description:
One of the most popular and acclaimed shows in history, UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS has won 9 Emmys®, a Golden Globe®, and a Peabody® award, and has been seen by over a billion people in 70 countries worldwide. This special collector’s set, features all 16 episodes from the climactic season of the landmark series trumpeted as 'perennially fascinating' by Time magazine. Follow the Bellamys and their servants through some of the most memorable moments in TV history. From the joyous days after the Armistice, when the laughter of children returns to the household, to the tragedy that befalls them, the enchanting saga of the aristocratic Bellamy family and their loyal and lively servants winds to its bittersweet end. Journey back one last tiem to 165 Eaton Place, and own a piece of television history.
Amazon.com:
Beloved by audiences in more than 70 countries, this seminal British television series is just as enjoyable now as when it first aired in the mid-1970s. Richard, his new wife Virginia, and recently widowed son James comprise the aristocratic Bellamy family who resides upstairs while their loyal servants maintain the London household from downstairs. These final 16 episodes cover the swinging '20s to the stock market crash (1919-30). The episodes of the fifth season are more self-contained than other seasons' and every bit as entertaining.
The household mood reflects the events of the day--jubilation at the armistice, a fancy-dress party amidst the gaiety of the early '20s, divided allegiances during the general strike of 1926, the fever of stock market wealth, and overnight ruin in October 1929. James, with too much time and money on his hands, is single again and up to his usual antics. Nor is life dull for the other members of the household--Hudson almost resigns his position after he's caught holding hands with Lily, the housemaid, and Georgina winds up in court after she hits and kills a man while taking a group of irresponsible socialites to Sussex in the Bellamys' Rolls. While James and Richard focus their political activities outside the home, Edward and Frederick vie to see who will fill in for Hudson while he recuperates from his heart attack. Finally, after the market crash and James's subsequent death, the family is forced to sell 165 Eaton Place to pay off his creditors. The series ends with Rose locking up the empty house, closing the door on one of TV's most popular and acclaimed shows. Whether you first met the Bellamys and their delightfully enjoyable downstairs entourage in the 1970s or are just getting to know them now, the superb acting and compelling character development will always be the real reason to watch Upstairs Downstairs. --Tara Chace
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The End of an Era
The last season of Upstairs, Downstairs is probably the best one of all. The audience is in the Roaring 20s, with Richard Bellamy married to his kind and intelligent second wife. The most poignant episodes are those in which James Bellamy confesses to Georgina that he loves her. She returns his feelings but does not wish to marry him. There is happiness when James comes back from America a rich man and tragedy when he loses it all because of the Market Crash. The ending is beautifully done, with ... Read More
Rating: - Upstairs Downstairs 5th season
One cannot review one season without thinking about the preceding seasons. This wonderful series presents a life completely unlike my own and yet it is "real". The series as a whole is a small look at history through the eyes of those living it, fom the major to the mundane; the sinking of the Titanic,Englands participation in WWI, political happenings, dinner parties,are seen through the eyes of the servants and the "upper crust." .
The fifth season brought the series to a close ... Read More
Rating: - 165 Eaton Place in the "Roaring Twenties"...
The fifth and final season of UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS picks up just after the First World War. It's the dawn of a new age, the Roaring Twenties. However, despite all the trevails, life continues at good old 165 Eaton Place.
"On with the Dance" - Richard (David Langton) and his new wife Virginia (Hannah Gordon) start thinking about buying a house in London, when lonely James (Simon Williams) suggests that they move back into Eaton Place.
"A Place in the World" - Bored and dissatisfied ... Read More
Rating:  - Not as good as the previous four seasons....
I enjoyed the Final season, but I didn't care for it as much as the previous four seasons. Season Five, felt almost as though the writers knew the series was ending and they didn't need to 'try' so hard to pull it off. Several characters change radically: Daisy becomes a nagging shrew, and kitchenmaid Ruby shows a 'spark' of the original character design in that she is a bit 'larcenous,' (claiming in the end, that she planned to outlive Mr. Hudson and Mrs. Bridges and inherit the business).
Favorite ... Read More
Rating:  - Sags a Bit, But Still Great
The fifth season of Upstairs Downstairs runs from 1919 to 1930. It is my least favorite series, because 165 Eaton Place just doesn't seem to belong in the Roaring Twenties. Even so, there are some fine moments, but there is a pathos over the whole series. Its like everyone in the cast and crew knew this was going to be the last series and everyone was a bit depressed. Georgina is not very convincing as a flapper, especially when you realize that she'd be in her mid thirties by the time she finally gets married ... Read More
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