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Upstairs Downstairs returns with all new episodes set in the mid 1930's
Everyone involved in the new version is very much aware of that feeling and they have an extraordinary desire to do it justice.
‘The original ended rather abruptly and there was a feeling the story had not run its full course. People quite rightly felt there was years’ more drama to go.’
The BBC is certainly confident of success. At first a series of three hour-long shows was commissioned for a Sunday-night slot – but the corporation has believed to have ordered another six scripts.
And a full-scale replica of Eaton Place has been built at studios in Cardiff by producers eager to avoid criticisms of cheap sets and limited locations that were levelled at the nonetheless much-loved original.
In the new series, set against the drama of the 1936 abdication crisis, the house has been inherited by the wealthy Sir Hallam Holland, a young and well-connected diplomat, following the unexpected death of his Baronet father.
Holland, who is played by 35-year-old Ed Stoppard, the son of playwright Sir Tom, takes up residence with his wife and his imposing mother Lady Maud, a free-thinking intellectual played by Dame Eileen who keeps a pet monkey called Solomon.
Art Malik plays Lady Maud’s brooding private secretary Mr Amanjit, brought over from her previous residence in India and now struggling to find a place in a household where he is considered neither upstairs nor downstairs.
The new butler Pritchard, played by theatre actor Adrian Scarborough, is described as a complex character who is ‘a very different kettle of fish’ from the stern Hudson.
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Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1297362/Upstairs-Downstairs-new-cast.html#ixzz0ueBqVlOp
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1297362/Upstairs-Downstairs-new-cast.html
Everyone involved in the new version is very much aware of that feeling and they have an extraordinary desire to do it justice.
‘The original ended rather abruptly and there was a feeling the story had not run its full course. People quite rightly felt there was years’ more drama to go.’
The BBC is certainly confident of success. At first a series of three hour-long shows was commissioned for a Sunday-night slot – but the corporation has believed to have ordered another six scripts.
And a full-scale replica of Eaton Place has been built at studios in Cardiff by producers eager to avoid criticisms of cheap sets and limited locations that were levelled at the nonetheless much-loved original.
In the new series, set against the drama of the 1936 abdication crisis, the house has been inherited by the wealthy Sir Hallam Holland, a young and well-connected diplomat, following the unexpected death of his Baronet father.
Holland, who is played by 35-year-old Ed Stoppard, the son of playwright Sir Tom, takes up residence with his wife and his imposing mother Lady Maud, a free-thinking intellectual played by Dame Eileen who keeps a pet monkey called Solomon.
Art Malik plays Lady Maud’s brooding private secretary Mr Amanjit, brought over from her previous residence in India and now struggling to find a place in a household where he is considered neither upstairs nor downstairs.
The new butler Pritchard, played by theatre actor Adrian Scarborough, is described as a complex character who is ‘a very different kettle of fish’ from the stern Hudson.
[YOUTUBE]QElBgNIuM9U[/YOUTUBE]
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1297362/Upstairs-Downstairs-new-cast.html#ixzz0ueBqVlOp
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1297362/Upstairs-Downstairs-new-cast.html
