Upstairs, Downstairs: The Path of Duty

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May 1905. Elizabeth Bellamy, home from abroad and about to make her society debut, shocks the family and servants by refusing to conform to custom. At her first grand ball she creates a scandal by running away. Add a recap »

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Writers:: John Harrison

Director:: Joan Kemp-Welch

Stars:: Jean Marsh (Rose Buck, housemaid); Joan Benham (Lady Prudence Fairfax); Rachel Gurney (Lady Majorie Southwold Bellamy); Jenny Tomasin (Ruby Finch, scullery maid); Evin Crowley (Emily-kitchen maid); Karen Dotrice (Lily); Christopher Beeny (Edward Barnes, footman); Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Kate Bridges, cook); Ian Ogilvy (Lawrence Kirbridge); Hannah Gordon (Virginia Hamilton/ Bellamy); Lesley-Anne Down (Georgina Worsley); Patsy Smart (Maude Roberts, Lady Bellamy's maid); Raymond Huntley (Sir Geoffrey Dillon); Gareth Hunt (Trooper Frederick Norton); Gordon Jackson (Mr. Angus Hudson, Butler); Simon Williams (Captain/Major James Bellamy); Jacqueline Tong (Daisy Barnes (nee Peel), housemaid); John Alderton (Thomas Watkins); Nicola Pagett (Elizabeth Bellamy/Kirbridge); David Langton (Richard Bellamy); Pauline Collins (Sarah Moffat/Delice/Clemence Dumas, housemaid); Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel Forrest Bellamy)

Recurring Role:: George Innes (Alfred Harris); Evin Crowley (Emily)

Guest Star:: Margaretta Scott (Aunt Kate); John Quayle (Lt. Wilson); Elma Soiron (Madame Dubois); Christopher Moran (Errand boy); Jessica Benton (Lady Cynthia); Brian Osborne (Pearce)

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The character of Lieutenant Billy Watson would appear to be a prototype of Bunny Newbury who appears as a semi-regular character in later episodes - both parts being played by John Quayle. edit »
This episode did not air in the US until 1988 under the banner of "The Missing Episodes". edit »
Shot in black-and-white. edit »