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Post by Nick on Sept 21, 2005 14:21:08 GMT
On the documentary about U/D the producer Alfred Shaunnessy said they did a thing with the characters called Peter Panning..where although the years go on,the characters don't really get any older..if they did Hudson and mrs bridges would be about 90 when the series finished and in no state to open a boarding house.
Alsoo i feel.as much as i love the series (and I do)..I felt the end was a little rushed,one minute Georgina was getting married,then The house was closed up..i think the marriage should have been one episode and then the final episode shopuld have been the leaving of the house..
I felt the same about the end of the war episode..One minute the war was ended,then Hazel (my favourite character) died of Spanish flu..I felt that could have been dealt in an episode each
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Post by CG Wendy on Sept 26, 2005 20:43:40 GMT
I couldn`t agree with you more Nick. My head was nodding in agreement with what you posted. I really don`t see why Hazel couldn`t have had a happy ending. Lord knows she deserved it after the shabby way James treated her. I would rather have seen Hazel run off with that person she met in the war rather to have her die of Spanish flu. James didn`t really seem to mourn her that much. As rushed as the last episode was, I thought it was terrific nevertheless. Georgina looked so beautiful, her husband (Anthony Andrews) looked very handsome. And how wonderful to have had Sir Geoffrey Dillon and Pru Fairfax as wedding guests.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Sept 26, 2005 21:45:41 GMT
Jean Marsh and Simon Williams were on Paul O'Grady today. I taped it and haven't seen it yet but my dad said they were good.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Sept 27, 2005 0:19:02 GMT
ooh great...can you give us a rundown at what they both said after you`ve watched it please Pats ;D
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Post by sootycat on Sept 27, 2005 11:56:59 GMT
It was very good. I have to say Simon Williams looks just as good today as he did when young.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Sept 27, 2005 16:55:28 GMT
He's so lovely. A friend of mine has met both but I've only met Simon. You can read about my meeting the lovely Simon and a brief review here CorrieGirl letstalksoap.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=Who&action=display&thread=1112556750I haven't seen Paul O'Grady yet. My dad did and enjoyed it. But from what I've heard nothing was said a lot of fans didn't know already. My dad didn't know those stories but then I'll have to lend him Richard Marson's book. Patsy
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Post by gingercat on Sept 27, 2005 19:29:52 GMT
Good to put a face to a name Patsy..thats a lovely pic of you & Simon Williams..I think he is gorgeous.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Sept 27, 2005 21:11:03 GMT
So do I. And he is unbelievably nice in real life. You would never guess he was actually nervous to be there.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Sept 28, 2005 12:45:09 GMT
I'm gutted i missed Jean Marsh on Paul o'Grady..I really wanted to see it sad and dissapointed of Hammersmith
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Post by Nick on Sept 28, 2005 12:47:06 GMT
I couldn`t agree with you more Nick. My head was nodding in agreement with what you posted. I really don`t see why Hazel couldn`t have had a happy ending. Lord knows she deserved it after the shabby way James treated her. I would rather have seen Hazel run off with that person she met in the war rather to have her die of Spanish flu. James didn`t really seem to mourn her that much. As rushed as the last episode was, I thought it was terrific nevertheless. Georgina looked so beautiful, her husband (Anthony Andrews) looked very handsome. And how wonderful to have had Sir Geoffrey Dillon and Pru Fairfax as wedding guests. They said on the U/D documentary that they felt Hazel wouldn't have a proper role in 1920's Britain !! so they felt it right to kill her off...tut
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Sept 28, 2005 17:02:56 GMT
By all accounts you didn't miss much. They did an Edwardian Game neither took part in. I still haven't seen it. I must get round to it!
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 3, 2005 14:45:40 GMT
Thanks for the link Pats...some great pics there. Simon Williams doesn`t seem to have aged at all. I haven`t seen Jean Marsh in ages. The last time I saw her was when she introduced The House of Elliot. Incidently, her co writer Eileen Atkins is absolutely brilliant in 'Bertie and Elizabeth as 'Queen Mary'. The likeness is quite uncanny. Bertie and Eilzabeth is one of my favourite DVDs right now and have watched it about 10 times this year
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Post by Nick on Oct 3, 2005 22:00:50 GMT
Does anyone have a contact adress for Jean Marsh??
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 5, 2005 21:02:08 GMT
Jean is hit and miss. Maybe she'll have photos now! LOL! DIAMOND MANAGEMENT 31 Percy Street London W1T 2DD I finally got round to starting the new release of series 1 today and watched the first 4 eps and listened to the commentary on On Trial and Board Wages. I'm looking forward to that 5-part documentary that starts on this release on the last disc. A pity though we have to buy the bloody lot AGAIN. Oh well. My only consolation is my parents bought the box of series 1-5 last year for my birthday while I just paid for the b&w eps. I'm not daft. Patsy
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Post by Nick on Oct 5, 2005 21:33:41 GMT
thanks Patsy..i want to send her my ideas for a sequel to Upstairs Downstairs...and I think its a cracker..
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 5, 2005 21:52:31 GMT
LOL! Good luck with that. Hope Rose is happy in your sequel. I did a story once. Dr Who crossover with Rose the heroine of the piece (since she's my fave). And Lady Marjorie was really eaten by the Skarasen and the people of 165 were Zygons except Rose naturally!
Patsy
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Dec 1, 2005 23:13:48 GMT
(c) ITV Network
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS - MUST SEE TV
ITV1 Network Thursday 22 December 10:00 PM to 10:30 PM
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Must See TV, a seven part series from Talent TV for ITV1, celebrates iconic hit shows from British Television history, and each week a celebrity ‘fan’ examines why each show became such a huge success.
This week, star of Emmerdale and hugely talented film actress Patsy Kensit takes a look back at the incredibly successful, Emmy award-winning British drama, Upstairs Downstairs, which ran for a fantastic five series and 68 episodes.
Upstairs, Downstairs was a 1970s British television phenomenon, set in a grand Edwardian town house in London and depicting the events of the early twentieth century as they affected the servants ('downstairs') and masters ('upstairs').
It portrayed the life in this “great” house, 165 Eaton Place, showing off real-life events, which were a prominent feature in the episodes. The series kept in time with the trends of the era by bringing in gradual changes and attitudes that were evolving in the “real world”.
Upstairs Downstairs still stands today as a document of the social and technological changes that occurred between 1903 and 1930. The lives of the servants were integral to the story and it is that which made the series such a special concept.
It was originally conceived by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins as a comedy, called Behind the Green Baize Door, about two housemaids (played by themselves) who worked in a Victorian country house. The last scene in the whole series showed Rose (Jean Marsh/the co-creator) taking a final walk through all of the rooms and memories at 165 Eaton Place, which had just been sold to be divided up into flats to let.
Contributions come from Jean Marsh (Co-creator/Rose), Simon Williams (James), Gareth Hunt (Federick), Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel), Jacqueline Tong (Daisy) and Christopher Beeny (Edward).
Upstairs Downstairs – Must See TV with Patsy Kensit is a Talent Television Production for ITV1. The producer/director is Tom Atkinson. The series producers are Tony Nicholson and John Kaye Copper.
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Post by Nick on Dec 2, 2005 18:09:16 GMT
I'm looking forward to that..shame it isn't on for an hour
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Dec 2, 2005 20:44:46 GMT
I know. I really enjoyed the first 2. But forgot The Sweeney.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Dec 4, 2005 21:45:12 GMT
lol funnily enough the Sweeney Must See TV was the only one I got to see, and would have loved to have seen Upstairs Downstairs. Was it any good for those who had seen it?
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Dec 4, 2005 22:07:45 GMT
It's on the 22nd, CorrieGirl, so thankfully you haven't missed it yet. Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Dec 5, 2005 16:14:14 GMT
oooh an early Christmas prezzie...thanks a lot Pats
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Dec 5, 2005 17:43:58 GMT
I hope it's going to be good. Steve Philips of the Updown.org site had absolutely no idea about it.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Dec 6, 2005 1:25:17 GMT
Nick...I would love to read your sequel to Upstairs Downstairs one day....bet it`s brilliant ;D
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Post by Nick on Dec 6, 2005 17:41:52 GMT
I haven't actually written it as story or script as such ...just as a storyline/synopsis about what happened to the characters from 1930 - 1959 (when my series would resume)....and the idea really is a reversal of roles..!!...but i think (I'm not one to blow my own trumpet) it is a good idea
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