Why Is Her Door Locked?

"Why Is Her Door Locked?" is the ninth episode of the first series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in the summer of 1907.

"Why Is Her Door Locked?" was among the episodes omitted from Upstairs, Downstairs' initial Masterpiece Theatre broadcast in 1974, and was consequently not shown on US television until 1989.

Cast[]

Regular cast

• Gordon Jackson (Agnus Hudson)
• Jean Marsh (Rose Buck)
• Joan Benham ( Lady Prudence Fairfax)
• David Langton (Richard Bellamy)
• Simon Williams (James Bellamy)
• Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Bridges)
• Jenny Tomasin (Ruby)

Guest cast

• (The Milkman)
• (Doris)
• (Alice)
• (Lily Webber)
• (Arthur Webber)
• John Malcolm (Inspector Cape)
• (The Magistrate)
• (Perry)
• John Scott Martin (The Usher)
• (Clerk of the Court)
• (Uniformed PC)
• (Magistrate's Clerk)
• Jimmy Mac (Magistrate)
• (Solicitor)
• (Magistrate)
• (The stolen Baby Webber)

Plot[]

After Emily's death, Mrs. Bridges takes leave of her senses. She is sitting in her chair, crying brokenheartedly, and feeling very guilty. Mrs. Bridges, distraught with remorse over Emily's death, steals a baby from its pram outside a shop and hides it in her room, locking her door. Richard and Lady Marjorie return the baby to its parents Lily and Arthur Webber. Mrs Bridges only escapes a jail sentence after Hudson agrees to marry her once they are no longer in service.^[1][2]

References[]

External links[]

• Updown.org.uk - Upstairs, Downstairs Fansite

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