Q 01/05

Lady Marjorie Bellamy leaves Upstairs, Downstairs when she and her brother die in which real disaster?

A) The Lusitania sinking

B) The Titanic sinking

C) The Silvertown explosion

D) The Empress of Ireland sinking

Answer · why

B) The Titanic sinking

The Titanic sinking kills Lady Marjorie in 1912, yet her maid Miss Roberts survives and turns up at Eaton Place after being listed as missing. Actress...

Q 02/05

In a Sesame Street spoof of Upstairs, Downstairs, which Muppet simply runs up and down a flight of stairs?

A) Grover

B) Big Bird

C) Ernie

D) Kermit

Answer · why

A) Grover

Grover does all the running in the 1978 sketch, which has Cookie Monster as its host.

Q 03/05

Upstairs, Downstairs began as an idea called Behind the Green Baize Door, which was planned as what kind of show?

A) A whodunnit

B) A musical

C) A comedy

D) A radio serial

Answer · why

C) A comedy

A comedy about two housemaids in a Victorian country house was the original pitch from two actress friends. The producers dropped the jokes and moved ...

Q 04/05

How did the makers of Upstairs, Downstairs turn a real Eaton Place house into number 165 for exterior shots?

A) Built a false doorway

B) Hung a new brass plate

C) Fitted a fake fanlight

D) Painted an extra 1

Answer · why

D) Painted an extra 1

Painted an extra 1: that was the whole trick, since the exteriors were filmed at the real 65 Eaton Place. The interiors were recorded in television st...

Q 05/05

Which later ITV hit about an aristocratic household did its executive producer say was inspired by Upstairs, Downstairs?

A) Downton Abbey

B) Brideshead Revisited

C) Mr Selfridge

D) The Jewel in the Crown

Answer · why

A) Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey producer Gareth Neame acknowledged the debt in 2019. Both dramas follow a noble family and its servants through some of the same histori...