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Old 22-04-2012, 10:43   #19
kestrelx
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Re: Upstairs Downstairs - remake!

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Originally Posted by susie123 View Post
Do you think we would fel so negatively about it if it were a new series without an well loved predecessor to live up to.

I actually think Adrian Scarborough is rather good as the butler but agree the refugee sequence was a bit heavy handed and nauseating.

How many cliched stock characters have they thrown in?

The warm hearted Cockney cook

The semi-comedy Indian

The maiden aunt

The disabled relative no one talks about

The fragile mother who longs for another child

The flighty nursery maid

The leering chauffeur

AND the real... Duke of Kent and the Kennedys

What really got me was Persie being able to call London from a German pay phone... in 1938???????

Well the good news is that it's now been Axed!

Upstairs Downstairs axed as BBC admits defeat in battle of the Sunday night dramas | Mail Online

Should never have even started in my opinion!
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