Your Obedient Servant (Upstairs, Downstairs)
Your Obedient Servant was the seventh episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1909.
| "Your Obedient Servant" | |
|---|---|
| Upstairs, Downstairs episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Derek Bennett |
| Written by | Fay Weldon |
| Original air date | 1 December 1972 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
Angela Walker (Violet) | |
"Your Obedient Servant" was among the episodes omitted from Upstairs, Downstairs' initial Masterpiece Theatre broadcast in 1974, and was consequently not shown on US television until 1989.
Cast
- Guest cast
- Angela Walker (Violet)
- Larry Martyn (the Electrician)
- John Nettleton (Arthur Bellamy)
- John Crocker (the Shop/Dresshire Assistant)
- Marcia Ashton (Maudie Hudson)
- Andrew Downie (Donald Hudson)
- Kim Hardy (Alice Hudson)
Plot
Richard has an older brother named Arthur (John Nettleton), who bullied Richard as a child. In 1909 Arthur visits Richard, the two have a falling out and they never speak to each other again. Donald Hudson, Mr. Hudson's brother, comes to Eaton Place with his wife (Maudie) and daughter (Alice). Donald is a relatively famous engineer having constructed two major bridges over the Zambezi River; it appears that Hudson has gone to some effort to assist his brother's education in the past. Hudson wants to impress his brother and parades around London dressed as a toff. But the fraternal relationship remains very complicated.[1][2]