A Suitable Marriage
"A Suitable Marriage" is the fifth episode of the first series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1905. It is one of five episodes shot in black-and-white due to an industrial dispute.
| "A Suitable Marriage" | |
|---|---|
| 'Upstairs, Downstairs' episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Joan Kemp-Welch |
| Written by | Jeremy Paul |
| Original air date | 7 November 1971 |
"A Suitable Marriage" was among the episodes omitted from Upstairs, Downstairs' initial Masterpiece Theatre broadcast in 1974, and was consequently not shown on US television until 1989.
Plot
In December 1905, Elizabeth Bellamy falls in love with Baron Klaus von Rimmer, a German who turns out to be homosexual.
He flees Eaton Place with the footman Alfred to Germany after they are caught by Rose in a sexual situation having sexual relations, before the police arrive to arrest him. Not wishing Elizabeth to know the real reason for his departure, she is told that he is a spy.[1][2] The ″baron fled, dumping Elizabeth and taking Alfred with him instead!″ [3]
References
- Updown.org.uk - A Suitable Marriage - Upstairs, Downstairs
- A Suitable Marriage www.imdb.com
- Upstairs, Downstairs Scrapbook Love downstairs 1