Upstairs, Downstairs: Episode Trivia
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- This story takes place in November 1907. At the end of the episode Hudson and Mrs Bridges decide to marry, but not immediately. They do marry at the end of the fifth season, in the summer of 1930, which means they were engaged for 23 years!
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- It is mentioned that Richard Bellamy is MP for Hampstead (North London).
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- Lawrence appears to have difficulty with sexual intimacy towards women. In 'The Key to the Door' (season 1) he didn't have any problems in that area: he slept with Evelyn Larkin.
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- In December 1973 The Two Ronnies included a spoof on Upstairs Downstairs in their show. It used the story of this episode and called it "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner".
- Apart from King Edward VII the episode contains another historic character. Alice Keppel(1869 – 1947), a British socialite, was the most famous mistress of Edward VII. As is shown in this episode she was one of the few people in the king's circle who was able to defuse Edward VII's mood swings.
- The story of Lady Bellamy's affair with Captain Hammond was told in Magic Casements, the seventh episode of season 1.
- This is the only Upstairs Downstairs episode that shares a title with a James Bond story. The Property of a Lady was one of the last short stories Ian Fleming wrote in 1963.
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- We learn in this episode that Lady Marjorie's birthday is May 6th, as King Edward VII died on that day in 1910.
- The historical and social accuracy of the programme is shown by details such as the fact that the same meal is called luncheon upstairs, but dinner downstairs.
- When Rose, Hudson and Mrs Bridges talk about their first encounter with Lady Marjorie, we learn that Rose and Hudson met her while living/working at Southwold. Mrs Bridges was hired when the Bellamy's got married and moved into Eaton Place.
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- Alfred sings 'Ich Bin Der Doktor Eisenbart', a traditional 18th century folk song about a famous charlatan. It contains the line Ich schlug ihm mit dem Beil vor'n Kopf, gestorben ist der arme Tropf. ('I hit him with an axe on his head, he died the poor chump'). Later it turns out that Alfred killed his employer with a meat cleaver.
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- The Quorn Hunt: This was the topic of conversation when Hazel is first introduced to the Hunting Group. The Quorn Hunt is based in Leicestershire, and has been since 1696. It was the oldest Fox Hunting group in Britain until the ban in 2005.
- Goof: Despite Hudson suggesting earlier, in Part One of the Episode, that the awaited Christmas Tree from Southwold was a 19 footer it is obvious that, when the servants are puttng up the tree in Part Two, that the Christmas tree can be no more than 8 foot tall.
- Mrs Bridges does not appear in this episode, as she is visiting her sister, the first time this person is mentioned.
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- The episode's title seems to refer to the looming arrival of World War One, but little is actually said about it. There are small details that do announce the conflict. James mentions that people from the Balkans cause more trouble than the natives from the colonies. Archduke Ferdinand's assassination by a Serb later became the start of the Great War. When James says that he will move to India early in 1915, the viewer realises that his plans will be thwarted by the war.
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- Lt. Dennis Kemp brings some flowers for Hazel. In a shocking case of bad judgement he gives a type of tulips called War Widows.
- Ruby will earn 34 shilling and 9 pence a week in the munition factory, an amount that impresses Rose and Daisy.
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- The people at 165 Eaton Place discuss the possibility of the USA entering the war. At the time of these events, shortly after New Years Day 1917, Woodrow Wilson, re-elected on a platform of not getting involved in the conflict, would soon start his second term. As he no longer had to worry about any election, he could focus more on the problems in Europe. Also, at the start of 1917, the Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, something the USA had forced them to give up after the sinking of the Lusitania. These two events made the USA's entry into the war more likely.
- Goof: Richard Bellamy leaves the drawing room and as he goes he turns down the gas lighting and shuts the door behind him. A minute or so later when he takes Edward towards the room the door is open and all the lights are blazing.
- The people at 165 Eaton Place discuss the possibility of the USA entering the war. At the time of these events, shortly after New Years Day 1917, Woodrow Wilson, re-elected on a platform of not getting involved in the conflict, would soon start his second term. As he no longer had to worry about any election, he could focus more on the problems in Europe. Also, at the start of 1917, the Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, something the USA had forced them to give up after the sinking of the Lusitania. These two events made the USA's entry into the war more likely.
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- Hazelf becomes a victim of the Spanish flu, an epidemic that raged through most of the world from March 1918 to June 1920. It probably killed more people than The Great War itself.
- At Hazel's bedside Virginia reads the story "The Three Strangers" from Thomas Hardy's collection "The Wessex Tales"(1988).
- Mistake: When Virginia and Richard return to the house to pick up the children, the boom mike is clearly visible in the scene in the hall.
- The Bellamy household seems to prefer maids with a flowery name. After Rose and Daisy, we now get Lily.
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- Thimble was actually called "Danvers" and owned by Simon "James Bellamy" Williams.
- The tradition of female servants with a flowery name continues with Violet.
- Georgina returns from the United States on the Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic. Apparently the Bellamy family does not harbour any resentment against the White Star Line after the death of Lady Marjorie on the Titanic.
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- The General Strike, as depicted in this episode, ran from 3 May 1926 until 12 May 1926. All trade unions came out in solidarity with the miners and their struggle.
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- Hudson mentions that he has been working for the same family for forty years.
- Music in this episode: "What is This Thing Called Love" (Cole Porter, 1929) and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby" (McHugh-Fields, 1928).
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