Upstairs Downstairs...

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Any opinions?

"Servants all watching as footman deliberately spilt drinks & no commotion made."

That was setup so that the family could get rid of Ribbentrop without actually asking him to leave. It was quite obvious.

"I'll ave a creme di menf, in a lady's glass please"

Could have come out of my East End grandmother's mouth ! She used to always offer me drinks "in a lady's glass".
Bought back some happy memories of the oddly coloured glass she used to save for me

"That was setup so that the family could get rid of Ribbentrop without actually asking him to leave. It was quite obvious."

Yes I know-I meant the servants watching round the door, & the fact that not one guest reacted/said anything at all.

we didn't see though, did we ? Although I suspect that the reaction would have been a stiff upper lip non reaction and a quiet retiral

Pritchard came up with that drinks plan- he learned it on the cruise ships. Along with midwifery.

Yes, I agree.

It was the servants peering round the door that irritated me for some reason.

I liked it but wished it had been longer so I could get more into the characters and their stories. I loved Downton Abbey much more but perhaps this is because it was longer; I can't wait for the next series.

"One minute she's a dirty secret, next minute she's being lovingly cuddled whilst watching the Xmas tree being lit"

I missed that bit. When did that happen?

All the episodes I watched were recorded and the beeb must have been running late because it chopped the end off each recording.

but the baby was gorgeous however crap her labour

yeah bun and lotte was suddenly talking without us knowing how or why!

It looks like I will have to catch up on i-Player then.