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Drama: Classic & Period

Period drama where residents' fates 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' are closely linked.

Romance, heartbreak and intrigue in a London townhouse in the late 1930s, where the fates of the servants 'downstairs' and the family 'upstairs' are intimately linked.

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Upstairs Downstairs: Series 2

Anthony Byrne

Jean Marsh

Keeley Hawes

Ed Stoppard

Alex Kingston

Anne Reid

Claire Foy

Adrian Scarborough

Art Malik

Blake Ritson

Upstairs Downstairs: Series 2: Episode 3: A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood

A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood

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Episode 3: A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood

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BBC One - Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2, A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood

Blanche comes face to face with her former lover when a scandalous novel is published.

Period drama series. Beryl's decision to take a stand causes serious ructions to the running of the house until a familiar face offers wise words.

Blanche comes face to face with her former lover when a scandalous novel is published and, when the passion between the pair reignites, begins to consider a life away from Eaton Place. 

Downstairs, Beryl's decision to take a stand causes serious ructions to the running of the house until a familiar face offers wise words. 

Meanwhile, when Lady Persie reveals a shocking secret to Sir Hallam, the pair get ever closer as Persie is forced to make a life changing decision about her future.

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The enrapturing lives of those upstairs and downstairs in 165 Eaton Place are revisited.

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