Your Obedient Servant (Upstairs, Downstairs)

"Your Obedient Servant "

Upstairs, Downstairs episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 9

Directed by

Derek Bennett

Written by

Fay Weldon

Original air date

1973

Guest appearance(s)

Angela Walker (Violet), Larry Martyn (the Electrician), John Nettleton (Arthur Bellamy), John Crocker (the Shop/Dresshire Assistant), Marcia Ashton (Maudie Hudson), Andrew Downie (Donald Hudson), Kim Hardy (Alice Hudson)

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Your Obedient Servant was the ninth episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1908.

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.

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