Upstairs, Downstairs
If You Were the Only Girl in the World
TV Flash files “If You Were the Only Girl in the World” as hour 46 of 68 in the TV Flash guide — Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975) on ITV / PBS, season 4, episode 7, aired 1974-10-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E07: listed hour 46 of 68 in the Upstairs, Downstairs guide, hour 7 of 13 in season 4. It aired 1974-10-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Home Fires” (S04E06). Next is “The Glorious Dead” (S04E08).
Viewer FAQ
Where does If You Were the Only Girl in the World sit in the Upstairs, Downstairs guide?
S04E07 is listed hour 46 of 68 — hour 7 of 13 in season 4, season 4 episode 7.
When did Upstairs, Downstairs S04E07 air?
If You Were the Only Girl in the World aired 1974-10-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
ITV original or the PBS Masterpiece run?
Same British series; the U.S. life is PBS Masterpiece Theatre. Either label, the Bellamy townhouse is the show.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Bellamy townhouse splits the frame: Edwardian masters above, servants with plot power below. Masterpiece Theatre's great ambassador, long before country-house soaps became a streaming habit. Class as dual protagonist, and the below-stairs breakouts that wrecked viewers more than drawing-room manners ever could.
Picture a London townhouse that had to be converted for American living rooms. 1903 to 1930, the Bellamy family and their servants navigating wars, scandals, and the slow collapse of the old order — Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975), created by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins for ITV, then a massive U.S. hit via PBS Masterpiece Theatre. Gordon Jackson's Hudson, Marsh's Rose Buck, David Langton's Richard Bellamy, Angela Baddeley's Mrs. Bridges, Pauline Collins's Sarah. Edwardian masters above, servants with plot power…
Filed against
- Gordon Jackson as Angus Hudson
Gordon Jackson's Angus Hudson ran the downstairs of Upstairs, Downstairs — Edwardian masters above, servants with plot power below, Masterpiece Theatre's great ambassador. Class as dual protagonist. TV Flash files him as 1970s townhouse…
- Jean Marsh as Rose Buck
Jean Marsh’s Rose Buck gave Upstairs, Downstairs its below-stairs pulse — Bellamy townhouse, Edwardian masters above, servants with plot power below. Masterpiece Theatre’s great ambassador, class as dual protagonist. TV Flash files her as…
- David Langton as Richard Bellamy
David Langton’s Richard Bellamy held Upstairs, Downstairs from the Edwardian landing — masters above, servants with plot power below, Masterpiece Theatre’s great ambassador long before country-house soaps became a streaming habit. Class…
- Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges
Angela Baddeley’s Mrs. Bridges ran Upstairs, Downstairs from the kitchen — Edwardian masters above, servants with plot power below, Masterpiece Theatre’s great ambassador long before country-house soaps became a streaming habit. Class as…
- Pauline Collins as Sarah Moffat
Pauline Collins played Sarah Moffat on Upstairs, Downstairs, the 1970s Bellamy townhouse that split the frame — Edwardian masters above, servants with plot power below. Masterpiece Theatre’s great ambassador, long before country-house…