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Jean Marsh Mrs. Rose Buck as Mrs. Rose soon finds she has her work cut out as she recruits a new 'downstairs' family to help run the elegance and finery if the 'upstairs' world, it soon becomes apparent there lies a labyrinth of secrets, lies and scandal. Upstairs Downstairs.

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Watch Now. Featured on Shop. As a viewer, this was always one of the most frustrating aspects of watching Upstairs Downstairs: you weren't sure whether you were supposed to remember it from first time round or not. Older viewers compared it to the original and were unhappy. New viewers always felt a bit left out. The second series also had one very basic problem: it saved the best until last, by which point it had shed 2 million viewers.

The early episodes of series two were weak and difficult to follow, and by the time the plot had picked up, no-one was watching and Channel 4 was already airing Homeland in the same time slot. Fans of Upstairs Downstairs and I became one by the end of the series will miss it for superb performances from Claire Foy as the posh bitchy sister from hell, and Alex Kingston as the eccentric bluestocking lesbian aunt.

The nail in the coffin? I always said killing that monkey was a mistake. Or can it really be true? That after Downton, we really are all costume drama'd out? Upstairs Downstairs is axed, but did it really have to die? The BBC revival of the s period drama only lasted for two series after losing out in the ratings to Downton Abbey — I always said killing that monkey was a mistake.

Upstairs Downstairs failed to capitalise on the rivalry with Downton Abbey from the outset.