"Guest of Honour" is the fifth episode of the second series of the British television series, ''
Upstairs, Downstairs''. The episode is set in 1909.
Cast
Regular cast
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Rachel Gurney
Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television a ...
(Lady Marjorie Bellamy)
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Gordon Jackson (Mr. Angus Hudson)
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Angela Baddeley
Madeleine Angela Clinton-Baddeley, CBE (4 July 1904 – 22 February 1976) was an English stage and television actress, best-remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Her stage career ...
(Mrs. Kate Bridges)
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Jean Marsh
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
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* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jea ...
(Rose Buck)
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David Langton
David Muir Langton (born Basil Muir Langton-Dodds; 16 April 1912 – 25 April 1994) was a British actor who is best remembered for playing Richard Bellamy in the period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''.
Early years
David Langton was born Basi ...
(Richard Bellamy)
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Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins (born 3 September 1940) is a British actress who first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1973) and its spin-off, ''Thomas & Sarah'' (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography, ...
(Sarah)
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Christopher Beeny
Christopher Winton Beeny (7 July 1941 – 3 January 2020) was an English actor and dancer. He had a career as a child actor, but was best known for his work as the footman Edward Barnes on the 1970s television series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ...
(Edward)
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Patsy Smart
Patsy Smart (14 August 1918 – 6 February 1996) was an English actress, best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''.
She also appeared in: ''Danger Man'', '' Only When I Laug ...
(Roberts)
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Jenny Tomasin (Ruby)
Guest cast
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Joan Benham (Lady Prudence Fairfax)
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Elvi Hale
Patricia Elvira Hake (born 29 January 1931), known as Elvi Hale, is a retired British actress. She played Anne of Cleves in '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'', broadcast in 1970.
Career
Raised in Romford, Essex and educated at Reed's School. Sh ...
(Mrs. Millicent Hartfield)
* Ailsa Grahame (Lady Wanborough)
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Lockwood West (
King Edward VII)
* Mary Kenton (
Alice Keppel)
* Anthony Woodruff (Dr. Foley)
Plot
Early in 1909, the Bellamys host a dinner, attended by King
Edward VII. The servant
Sarah
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a piou ...
, who is heavily pregnant by
James Bellamy, has been sent to Lady Marjorie's family estate at Southwold to be out of the way, but finds it too boring and returns to Eaton Place, turning up on the evening the king is dining upstairs. Sarah goes into labour and gives birth to a boy the same evening, but the baby dies minutes after birth.
References
External links
Updown.org.uk- ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' Fansite
Upstairs, Downstairs (series 2) episodes
1972 British television episodes
Fiction set in 1909
Cultural depictions of Edward VII
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