A considerable hit on both sides of the Atlantic, Upstairs, Downstairs had already won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, along with numerous British Academy Film Awards and Royal ...

Pity the British: When it comes to etiquette, they’re always getting their petticoats all in a bunch. Take the very proper Londoners on “Upstairs, Downstairs,” the English period drama that helped ...

Upstairs, Downstairs debuts as a part of PBS’ Masterpiece Classic series tonight. It will air at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific/8 p.m. Central and Mountain in most markets, but you should check local ...

Belying Upstairs, Downstairs’ reputation as typically stodgy PBS Masterpiece Theatre material, the new 40th-anniversary complete-series collection reveals the show as an important missing link between ...

Before praising the fine writing, acting and direction on the new “Upstairs Downstairs” (Sundays April 10, 17 and 22, 9 p.m./8 Central) on PBS’ “Masterpiece,” can we all take a moment to acknowledge ...

With just three episodes, the new Upstairs Downstairs was on our screens for far too short a time when it debuted over Christmas 2010. Thankfully, the show returns for a longer six-part run beginning ...

"Uptstairs Downstairs," just released on DVD in its 40th Anniversary Edition, was the event that put PBS on the map. Soon after the national public TV service was formed in 1970, its "Masterpiece ...

Eileen Atkins hates to fly, but there's one mile-high trip she's glad she braved. The veteran British actress visited Los Angeles in 2008 to promote her role in the miniseries "Cranford," which would ...

The immediately engaging three-part continuation of "Upstairs Downstairs" gets rolling with a sequence that might be described as "Outside Inside." We follow a smartly dressed couple, walking down a ...

"Upstairs, Downstairs" was an early example (1971-1975) of the kind of classy, literate British programming that American television just didn't do. The irony is that the series, which follows the ...

When "Masterpiece" begins the three-part "Upstairs Downstairs" sequel at 9 p.m. Sunday have the butler bring in a round of Champagne, because it's a kind of double celebration. Two 40th anniversaries ...

Could it be that the makers of the "Upstairs Downstairs" reboot suspected in advance that the show would not survive a second season on the BBC and, accordingly, threw the new episodes together while ...