Upstairs, Downstairs/YMMV

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


The Original Series

  • Crowning Moment of Awesome: "Guest of Honour", where King Edward VII comes to dinner at Eaton Place, a huge honor for the Bellamy family AND staff.
  • Ear Worm: The theme tune. Used on the radio 4 PM show with a section called 'Up Shares, Down Shares' and lead to a large series of remixes. Still possible to listen to here
  • Tear Jerker: James's suicide note.

The relaunch (2010 onwards)

  • Acceptable Political Targets: Obviously, just about everyone is horrified when Spargo and Persie reveal themselves to be Fascists.
    • By the time Spargo and Persie reveal this Rachel has been in the house for a while so the servants can see the damage Fascistism can do. Hallam, Agnes and Maud dissapove due to the way Fascistism seems to be going by 1936.
  • Crowning Moment of Awesome: Pritchard rolling up his sleeves and delivering Agnes's baby.
    • THEY SHALL NOT PASS.
  • Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: "You can't come out here and give him cold dinner. Come in here and give him hot dinner instead.
    • "No. There's been no mistake."
  • Draco in Leather Pants: Spargo.
  • The Woobie: Hallam and Rachel.
    • The Duke of Kent also qualifies.