A Change of Scene

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

A Change of Scene was the third episode of the third series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1913.

Cast[]

Regular cast

• Gordon Jackson (Mr. Angus Hudson)
• Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Kate Bridges)
• David Langton (Richard Bellamy)
• Simon Williams (James Bellamy)

Guest cast

• Richard Vernon(Major Cochrane-Danby)
• (Mrs. Cochrane-Danby)
• Celia Bannerman (Lady Diana Russell)
• Christopher Benjamin (Max Weinberg)
• Clive Morton (Makepiece)
• Jane Baxter (Lady Newbury)
• Anthony Ainley (Lord Charles Gilmour)
• John Quayle (Bunny Newbury)
• Patricia Lawrence (Mrs. Kenton)
• Anthony Dawes (Breeze)
• (Henry)
• (Miss Celia Grey)
• (Betsy)
• (Cecile)

Plot[]

James Bellamy and Angus Hudson are going for a weekend visit to Somerby, the country house of James' school-friend Lord "Bunny" Newbury. Angus Hudson is depicted as an exemplary butler at Somerby Park. Max Weinberg is a wealthy Jewish gentleman and businessman and he is appreciating Hudson's capabilities and his manner. During his visit to Somerby Hudson gets a job offer. He is offered the job of the butler Makepiece in Somerby. They want him to be the new butler at Somerby Park instead of the old butler Makepiece. But his loyalty towards the Bellamy Family is without question.^[1][2]

References[]