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Upstairs, Downstairs

Season 4

13 listed hours · 1971–1975 · ITV / PBS

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

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.

TV Flash files Season 4 of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975) on ITV / PBS as a mid listed season (4; 4 of 5) — 13 listed hours, 1974-09-14–1974-12-07 from “A Patriotic Offering” (S04E01) to “Peace Out of Pain” (S04E13). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S04E01 A Patriotic Offering

    A Patriotic Offering is war-adjacent season weather. The townhouse still a class machine: upstairs duty, downstairs plot power, long before streaming rediscovered the country house.

  1. S04E01

    A Patriotic Offering

    A Patriotic Offering — Season 4, Episode 1 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-09-14. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S04E02

    News from the Front

    News from the Front — Season 4, Episode 2 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-09-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S04E03

    The Beastly Hun

    The Beastly Hun — Season 4, Episode 3 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-09-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S04E04

    Women Shall Not Weep

    Women Shall Not Weep — Season 4, Episode 4 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-10-05. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S04E05

    Tug of War

    Tug of War — Season 4, Episode 5 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-10-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S04E06

    Home Fires

    Home Fires — Season 4, Episode 6 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-10-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S04E07

    If You Were the Only Girl in the World

    If You Were the Only Girl in the World — Season 4, Episode 7 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-10-26. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S04E08

    The Glorious Dead

    The Glorious Dead — Season 4, Episode 8 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-11-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S04E09

    Another Year

    Another Year — Season 4, Episode 9 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-11-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S04E10

    The Hero's Farewell

    The Hero's Farewell — Season 4, Episode 10 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-11-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S04E11

    Missing Believed Killed

    Missing Believed Killed — Season 4, Episode 11 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-11-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S04E12

    Facing Fearful Odds

    Facing Fearful Odds — Season 4, Episode 12 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-11-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S04E13

    Peace Out of Pain

    Peace Out of Pain — Season 4, Episode 13 of Upstairs, Downstairs. Aired 1974-12-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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