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50 years since Upstairs Downstairs first graced the small screen but it remains the best ongoing period drama ever transmitted. Superb storylines from the beginning of the century to the depression of the early 1930s with the stories getting better and better the longer the 68 episodes progressed. Gordon Jackson had the role of a lifetime as the Butler Angus Hudson. Ive never seen a finer acting performance on British television but virtually all the cast were brilliant. The only weak point and i remember this from watching it 45 + years ago was the fact that over the 30 year storyline period no one aged at all which stretched credibility a little but a minor point

Was with this from day one and the first three series were amazing. Brilliant story lines and in series two and three Keeley Hawes was simply outstanding. Sadly the ending of the third series was ludicrous and since then the writer has believed his own hype and the plots have become increasingly stupid... Hopefully series 6 will get the show back to some sort of normality...

This is one of parodies that gets funnier with each subsequent viewing. so many hidden jokes which are not all spotted first time around and as other have said the comic timing of Michael Kitchen is simply superb. The ending out the last episode of the third series is genius. i literally fell off the chair laughing.WELL recommended