22/12/10
Actor Anne Reid, who plays Mrs Thackeray and Ellie Kendrick, who plays young maid Ivy, spoke to BBC Breakfast about the new series.( Video embed )Actual news this time instead of the old Downton vs. UpDown saga.
19/12/10 The Independent: As the lavish period drama, now set in the 1930s, returns to TV, Andrew McCorkell offers a guide to the series, recalls its predecessor and speaks to modern-day lords, ladies and butlers
20/12/10 Herald Scotland: Upstairs Downstairs returns, as the BBC plays masters and servants
As well as this dramatic equality, there’s something else that’s central to this revival of the original series (which ran from 1971 to 1975), and that’s a longing for the past and a sadness at ageing and change. There’s a beautiful little scene with Marsh, who reprises her role as the housemaid Rose, when she puts her hand on the banister at Eaton Place and suddenly the wrinkles are smeared out and disappear, and for a second – maybe two – she can see her youth again and is melancholic about the loss of it.
22/12/10 AOL TV: Set visit. Upstairs Downstairs: We meet the stars of the Christmas TV treat
23/12/10 Digital Spy: Nico Mirallegro interview. His Twitter is
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23/12/10 The Telegraph: Executive producer Piers Wenger explains why his revival of the BBC classic serial ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ is a very different beast from its ITV rival.
23/12/10 The Telegraph: Neil Midgley visits the set of the new version of the BBC classic serial about an aristocratic London family and their servants.
24/12/10 Wales Online: Upstairs Downstairs stars reveal all about new BBC Wales series
24/12/10 The Guardian: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes praises Upstairs Downstairs and makes a sly dig
25/12/10 BBC News: Upstairs Downstairs makes festive return, by Lizo Mzimba
26/12/10 The Daily Express: Upstairs Downstairs: Touch of Class
26/12/10 BBC: Adrian Scarborough's blog Upstairs Downstairs: Playing Mr Pritchard