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Upstairs, Downstairs The Glorious Dead (1971–1975) Online
1971–1975 Angela Baddeley Gordon Jackson Jean Marsh Raymond Menmuir
Original Title :
The Glorious Dead
Genre :
TV Episode / Drama
Year :
1971–1975
Directror :
Raymond Menmuir
Cast :
Angela Baddeley,Gordon Jackson,Jean Marsh
Writer :
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
51min
Rating :
8.6/10

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Rose is heartbroken and nearly hysterical when she receives a letter advising her that her fiancé, Sgt. Gregory Wilmot, has been killed in action. Hudson and the other servants try to calm her but to no avail. She now feels that any hope of improving her life and having her own household and family. Hazel Bellamy too is saddened by the news that her friend RFC flying ace Jack Dyson was killed in aerial combat in France. Hazel is very brave in not revealing her own loss and makes some inroad in calming Rose. James has come home on leave, clearly the worse for wear after the battle of the Somme. He questions the very reason they are fighting and now sees it all as futile. He writes out his thoughts and asks Hazel to have them published should he not return alive. In reading them, Hazel sees a new side to James and now has a greater respect for him.
Episode complete credited cast:
Angela Baddeley Angela Baddeley - Mrs. Bridges
Gordon Jackson Gordon Jackson - Hudson
Jean Marsh Jean Marsh - Rose
Meg Wynn Owen Meg Wynn Owen - Hazel Bellamy
Simon Williams Simon Williams - James Bellamy
Jacqueline Tong Jacqueline Tong - Daisy Peel
Eileen Way Eileen Way - Madame Francini
Helena McCarthy Helena McCarthy - Mrs. Speedwell
Graham Leaman Graham Leaman - Mr. Price

The Battle of the Somme, which is referred to several times, was fought between July 1, 1916 and November 18, 1916 and pitted French, British, and Dominion forces against German positions that had occupied that part of France for the past two years. The battle was in itself indecisive although it gave the British and French some tactical advantage and drove the Germans back 40 miles. The cost in human life is estimated at one million men.

This episode takes place in November 1916.


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Thetalas

Thetalas

October, 1916, A 'classic' episode from this season, this one, when Rose gets bad news receiving a telegram to say that Gregory Wilmot, her intended, has been killed in action... Rose goes into shock, and turns to a clairvoyant for comfort. Mrs. Bellamy is furious when she finds out after Rose returns home hysterical, that a good Christian like she should turn to such charlatans for comfort instead of the church. In turn, Rose in her grief forgets herself, and tells her mistress some home-truths. Hazel being the generous person she is, instead of reprimanding her, simply admits that Rose has not said anything wicked at all - but simply the truth.

In the meantime; Hazel discovers from a newspaper that the man she is in love with behind James' back has also been killed in action... Adding to this; James comes home unexpectedly on leave, and for once, we get to see a more generous side of his nature, when he talks to Rose to help her feel better about her loss, and discovers Hazel's affair with Jack Dyson, but says nothing...
Warianys

Warianys

** spoiler alert **

One of the series' very best episodes, tragic news arrives at Eaton Place for Rose. Sgt. Wilmont has been killed, Rose is inconsolable, and the entire downstairs is rocked. Hazel does her best to comfort Rose but is dealing with her grief with the news of Lt. Jack Dyson's death, which is front page news. In an incandescent scene, one grief- stricken woman does her best to calm another with the advice to seek comfort in prayer. In the meantime, a broken James returns home and does his best to explain to his wife what's happened and why he no longer believes in the unimaginable horror of this conflict. It's here that we begin to see the unhinging of James Bellamy. "The Glorious Dead" are not only the heroes who have sacrificed their lives - they are used and, even manipulated, by the living for the purpose of psychological survival. The episode is a tour de force, thematically, dramatically and, without revealing the denouement, fiercely and intensely moving. It is a bravura 50 minutes of riveting television viewing and, a searing meditation on the abject waste and nightmare of violent conflict.