From the Vault: ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ was the original ‘Downton Abbey’
They both chronicled the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and the slow decline of British aristocracy.
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The Rutles: A Look Back at Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry
The early 60’s were not especially kind to The Rutles. Languishing in the Rutland Cavern for years, it wasn’t until 1975 when this relatively unknown British pop group fronted by Neil Innes appeared on Rutland Weekend Television singing “I Must Be In Love” from their 1965 album, A Hard Days Rut, that The Rutles began […]
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Upstairs Downstairs – the beginning
Belgravia, 10 April: Thankfully, 165 Eaton Place recently took down the “To Let” signage and opened it’s doors once again after some 40 years of being on the market. The BBC signed a long-term lease on the newest incarnation of a television classic with the commissioning of a second series for a late Fall 2011 […]
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