Upstairs, Downstairs: Women shall not Weep

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James is dissatisfied with his posting as a staff officer. Edward and Daisy are married prior to his departure for France. While seeing two officers off at the station, Georgina sees wounded soldiers returning and makes a life-changing decision. Ruby leaves the household to take a job in a munitions factory. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Alfred Shaughnessy

Director:: Christopher Hodson

Stars:: Jean Marsh (Rose Buck, housemaid); Jenny Tomasin (Ruby Finch, scullery maid); Joan Benham (Lady Prudence Fairfax); Lesley-Anne Down (Georgina Worsley); Raymond Huntley (Sir Geoffrey Dillon); Gordon Jackson (Mr. Angus Hudson, Butler); Simon Williams (Captain/Major James Bellamy); Jacqueline Tong (Daisy Barnes (nee Peel), housemaid); David Langton (Richard Bellamy); Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel Forrest Bellamy); Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Kate Bridges, cook); Christopher Beeny (Edward Barnes, footman)

Guest Star:: James Wooley (Capt. Martin Adams); Kevin Moran (The Sergeant); Edward Hammond (2nd Lt. Harry Gurney); Mel Churcher (Angela Barclay); Dennis Blanch (Private Wallace); Neville Barber (Brigadier General Temple); Barbara Atkinson (Mrs Galloway); Mike Fields (Wounded Soldier)

Ruby will earn 34 shilling and 9 pence a week in the munition factory, an amount that impresses Rose and Daisy. edit »

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Captain Adams: My mother rolled bandages at St James Palace all morning, then walked up to The Ritz for lunch, smelling of iodine. edit »
Rose: We all had a hand in it. Daisy put the waistband on herself, Mrs Bridges sewed on the lace, I cut out the material to the pattern, and Ruby ... (doubting) Ruby done something.
Georgina: And what did Hudson do?
Rose: Mr Hudson told us all to get on with our proper work. edit »
Rose: Edward will be alright. He's too cheeky to get himself killed, Edward is. edit »
Hudson: While wishing in no way to detract from Ruby's worthy and blameless character, I feel that a young man would be hard pressed for company, who sought a romantic association with our Ruby. edit »