Guest of Honour (Upstairs, Downstairs)

5th episode of the 2nd season of Upstairs, Downstairs

"Guest of Honour"

Upstairs, Downstairs episode
Episode no.| Season 2
Episode 5
Directed by| Bill Bain
Written by| Alfred Shaughnessy
Original air date| 17 November 1972 (1972-11-17)
Guest appearances
Joan Benham (Lady Prudence Fairfax)
Elvi Hale (Mrs. Millicent Hartfield)
Ailsa Grahame (Lady Wanborough)
Lockwood West (King Edward VII)
Mary Kenton (Alice Keppel)
Anthony Woodruff (Dr. Foley)
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"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

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### Regular cast

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* Rachel Gurney (Lady Marjorie Bellamy)
* Gordon Jackson (Mr. Angus Hudson)
* Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Kate Bridges)
* Jean Marsh (Rose Buck)
* David Langton (Richard Bellamy)
* Pauline Collins (Sarah)
* Christopher Beeny (Edward)
* Patsy Smart (Roberts)
* Jenny Tomasin (Ruby)

### Guest cast

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* Joan Benham (Lady Prudence Fairfax)
* Elvi Hale (Mrs. Millicent Hartfield)
* Ailsa Grahame (Lady Wanborough)
* Lockwood West (King Edward VII)
* Mary Kenton (Alice Keppel)
* Anthony Woodruff (Dr. Foley)

## Plot

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Early in 1909, the Bellamys host a dinner, attended by King Edward VII. The servant Sarah, 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.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Upstairs, Downstairs - Season Two". Updown.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

## External links

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* Updown.org.uk \- Upstairs, Downstairs Fansite

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Upstairs, Downstairs

Episodes|

| Series one|

* "On Trial"
* "The Mistress and the Maids"
* "Magic Casements"
* "I Dies from Love"
* "Why Is Her Door Locked?"
* "A Voice from the Past"
* "The Swedish Tiger"
* "The Key of the Door"
* "For Love of Love"

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Series two|

* "The New Man"
* "A Pair of Exiles"
* "Married Love"
* "Whom God Hath Joined..."
* "Guest of Honour"
* "The Property of a Lady"
* "Your Obedient Servant"
* "Out of the Everywhere"
* "An Object of Value"
* "A Special Mischief"
* "The Wages of Sin"
* "A Family Gathering"

Series three|

* "Miss Forrest"
* "A House Divided"
* "A Change of Scene"
* "A Family Secret"
* "Rose's Pigeon"
* "Desirous of Change"
* "Word of Honour"
* "The Bolter"
* "Goodwill to All Men"
* "What the Footman Saw"
* "A Perfect Stranger"
* "Distant Thunder"
* "The Sudden Storm"

Series four|

* "A Patriotic Offering"
* "News from the Front"
* "The Beastly Hun"
* "Women Shall Not Weep"
* "Tug of War"
* "Home Fires"
* "If You Were the Only Girl in the World"
* "The Glorious Dead"
* "Another Year"
* "The Hero's Farewell"
* "Missing Believed Killed"
* "Facing Fearful Odds"
* "Peace Out of Pain"

Series five|

* "On with the Dance"
* "A Place in the World"
* "Laugh a Little Louder Please"
* "The Joy Ride"
* "Wanted – A Good Home"
* "An Old Flame"
* "Disillusion"
* "Such a Lovely Man"
* "The Nine Days Wonder"
* "The Understudy"
* "Alberto"
* "Will Ye No Come Back Again"
* "Joke Over"
* "Noblesse Oblige"
* "All the King's Horses"
* "Whither Shall I Wander?"

Characters|

* Elizabeth Bellamy
* Hazel Bellamy
* James Bellamy
* Lady Marjorie Bellamy
* Alfred Harris
* Angus Hudson
* Sarah Moffat
* Thomas Watkins

2010 series|

* Characters

Other|

* Thomas & Sarah

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