Episode no. Season 2
Episode 9 Written by Fay Weldon | Directed by Derek Bennett Original air date 1973 | |
Your Obedient Servant was the ninth episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1908.
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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, a celebrated bridge engineer and Mr. Hudson's brother, comes to Eaton Place with his wife (Maudie) and daughter (Alice). Hudson's brother, 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.