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6 episodes in this season

Upstairs Downstairs

60 min

Making the Grade (aka Up to Scratch)

60 min

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The Servants Revolt

60 min

Tough Love (aka Cold Comfort)

60 min

Days of Empire (aka Home and Empire)

60 min

Winners and Losers

60 min

Manor House

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The Servants Revolt

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Apr 29, 2003

At the height of Edwardian opulence, a battle was brewing that eventually would transform the British political landscape. The Clarion, a political paper, published articles written from a socialist perspective. It also championed the right to leisure for the working classes â€” a key issue in a society where industrialization had replaced seasonal and weather-dependent work with unremitting labor for the masses. The newspaper spawned a network of social clubs for working men and women. In this episode, the staff crisis comes to a head. One of the maids is sick and the other servants bitterly complain about the family â€” and even about Morrison, the lady's maid â€” and demand better working conditions. The chef breaches etiquette and convinces Lady Olliff-Cooper and her sister, Miss Anson, to see the working conditions downstairs for the first time. Lady Olliff-Cooper also pays a visit to a local hospital, mirroring the tradition of philanthropic, upper-class women of the period. After five

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Manor House

TV Series

20031h

RealityDocumentary

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The Servants Revolt

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Apr 29, 2003

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