On Trial (Upstairs, Downstairs)

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"On Trial"
Upstairs, Downstairs episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 1
Directed by Raymond Menmuir / Derek Bennett
Written by Fay Weldon / Alfred Shaughnessy
Original air date10 October 1971 (1971-10-10)
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"On Trial" is the first episode of the first series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs . The episode is set in November 1903.

Due to an industrial dispute over extra payments for using newly introduced colour equipment, during which broadcasting unions refused to allow their members to use colour cameras, the first six episodes of the first series were shot in black-and-white, and when colour production resumed, the first episode was remade in colour. Two endings were made, which could be shown depending on whether the black and white episodes were broadcast by the channel. The original black-and-white version of this episode is believed to have been wiped.


Plot

Sarah Moffat is engaged at 165 Eaton Place, on trial. Rose Buck and Sarah become good friends. [1] [2] Sarah tells the staff she is French but is caught out in making out she is above her station.

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References

  1. ↑ Updown.org.uk - On Trial - Upstairs, Downstairs
  2. ↑ On Trial


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