Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Upstairs downstairs. Series one / series created by Sagitta Productions in association with Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins ; written by Fay Weldon [and others] ; directed by Raymond Menmuir [and others] ; produced by John Hawkesworth.

Edition:

40th anniversary edition.

Publisher, Date:

Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2011]

Description:

4 videodiscs (650 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

sound

4:3

full screen

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Region 1

auditory captions

Summary:

The lives of both the family and the servants in the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place are followed. Upstairs lives Richard Bellamy, the head of the household, and also a member of Parliament. His wife is a member of the titled aristocracy. Downstairs is Hudson, the Scottish butler who directs and guides the other servants concerning their tasks and proper places.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Series:

Acorn TV series.

Subjects:

Social classes -- England -- London -- Drama.

Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- London -- Drama.

Working class -- England -- London -- Drama.

Television programs.

Historical television programs.

DVD-Video discs.

London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.

Genre:

Fiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Menmuir, Raymond, television director.

Marsh, Jean, creator, actor.

Atkins, Eileen, 1934- creator.

Weldon, Fay, screenwriter.

Hawkesworth, John, television producer.

Baddeley, Angela, 1904-1976, actor.

Jackson, Gordon, 1923-1990, actor.

Langton, David, actor.

Pagett, Nicola, actor.

Collins, Pauline, 1940- actor.

Beames, Geoff, 1948- editor of moving image work.

Faris, Alexander, composer (expression)

Acorn Media (Firm), film distributor.

Sagitta Productions, production company.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the 1971-1972 television series.

Special features: the making of Upstairs, downstairs part 1; episode commentaries; alternate pilot episode.

Produced by John Hawkesworth; Written by Fay Wldon, Maureen Duffy, Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham, John Harrison, Jeremy Paul, John Hawkesworth, Julian Bond, Alfred Shaughnessy, Raymond Bowers, and Rosemary Anne Sisson ; edited by Geoff Beames ; music by Alexander Faris.

Angela Baddeley, David Langton, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett, Pauline Collins.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (4:3); Dolby Digital.

In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Contents:

Disc 1. On trial -- The mistress and the maids -- Board wages. Disc 2. The path of duty -- A suitable marriage -- Magic casements -- A cry for help. Disc 3. I dies from love -- Why is her door locked? -- A voice from the past. Disc 4. The Swedish tiger -- The key of the door -- For love of love.

LCCN:

2013600336

ISBN:

9781598286304

1598286307

9781598286304

1598286307

Publisher Number:

AMP-8630

Other Number:

705942930

System Availability:

3

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

3

Control Number:

301532

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD TV Upstairs