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A Change of Scene

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Episode no.
  
Season 3 Episode 1

Written by
  
Alfred Shaughnessy

Directed by
  
Raymond Menmuir

Original air date
  
1973

A Change of Scene was the sixth episode of the third series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1913.

Contents

Cast

Regular cast
  • Gordon Jackson ( Mr. Angus Hudson )
  • Angela Baddeley ( Mrs. Kate Bridges )
  • Jean Marsh ( Rose Bucke )
  • David Langton ( Richard Bellamy )
  • Pauline Collins ( Sarah )
  • Christopher Beeny ( Edward )
  • Patsy Smart ( Roberts )
  • Jenny Tomasin ( Ruby )
    • Guest cast
  • Richard Vernon Richard (Major Cochrane-Danby )
  • Helen Lindsay (Mrs. Cochrane-Danby )
  • Celia Bannerman (Lady Diana Russell )
  • Christopher Benjamin (Max Weinberg )
  • Clive Morton (Makepiece )
  • Jane Baxter (Lady Newbury )
  • Anthony Ainley (Lord Charles Gilmour )
  • John Quayle (Bunny Newbury )
  • Patricia Lawrence (Mrs. Kenton )
  • Anthony Dawes (Breeze )
  • John Flint (Henry )
  • Annette Woollett (Miss Celia Grey )
  • Tricia Scott (Betsy )
  • Elisabeth Day (Cecile )

    • Plot

    James Bellamy and Angus Hudson are going for a weekend visit to Somerby, the country house of James' school-friend Lord "Bunny" Newbury. Angus Hudson is depicted as an exemplary butler at Somerby Park. Max Weinberg is a wealthy Jewish gentleman and businessman and he is appreciating Hudson's capabilities and his manner. During his visit to Somerby Hudson gets a job offer. Him is offered the job of the butler Makepiece in Somerby. They want him to be the new butler at Somerby Park instead of the old butler Makepiece. But his loyalty towards the Bellamy Family is without question.

    References

    A Change of Scene Wikipedia
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