Married Love (Upstairs, Downstairs)

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"Married Love"
Upstairs, Downstairs episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 3
Directed by Raymond Menmuir
Written by Alfred Shaughnessy
Original air date4 November 1972 (1972-11-04)
Guest appearances
Charles Gray (Sir Edwin Partridge)
Ian Ogilvy (Lawrence Kirbridge)
Dorothy Frere (Mrs. Fellowes)
Brian Osborne (Pearce)
James Woolley (Hinton)
Peter Myers (Smethurst)
Tony Aitken (Mulligan)
Edward Harvey (Tomkins)
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"Married Love" is the third episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs . The episode is set in 1908. It follows the narrative of Elizabeth and Lawrence's marriage, begun in "The New Man". Uniquely, no scenes in the episode take place in the series' primary location of 165 Eaton Place.

Contents

"Married Love" 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
Guest cast

Plot

Elizabeth's marriage to Lawrence Kirbridge remains deeply unhappy, with Lawrence not wishing to consummate the relationship. Lawrence 'arranges' for his publisher, the much older Sir Edwin Partridge, to make love to Elizabeth at a soiree the couple hosts. [1]

Notes

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    References

    1. "Upstairs, Downstairs - Season Two". Updown.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.