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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 345008" data-attributes="member: 23">It&#039;s a rare treat for a Network set of an old series to come with so much bonus material: audio commentaries, chat show appearances and a comprehensive documentary giving an in-depth history on-and-off-screen.I had planned to watch all five parts of The Story Of Upstairs, Downstairs at the end of the entire series. In the end, though, I feared five hours&#039; worth of documentary back-to-back might give me burnout so it just felt right to watch each part as presented: at the end of its relevant series. Having watched Part One, I think this is a good move, since it featured background and reflections on each of the thirteen episodes from the first year and it&#039;s good to view it when they&#039;re still fresh in my mind.A good number of the actors appeared. Jean Marsh, of course, spoke about the creation of the series (and she says she still has no idea what The Swedish Tiger was about). Simon Williams, Nicola Pagett, George Innes (Alfred) and Evin Crowley all speak about their characters&#039; various ups and downs this year, with Simon saying his first episode is the one he&#039;d most like to re-shoot.If anything, the writers proved even more interesting, from Fay Weldon on that very first script to Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham&#039;s fury over having the rhythms of their script changed leading to Brady being removed from the room to stop him punching the director (which he admits he badly wanted to do).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 345008, member: 23"] It's a rare treat for a Network set of an old series to come with so much bonus material: audio commentaries, chat show appearances and a comprehensive documentary giving an in-depth history on-and-off-screen. I had planned to watch all five parts of [I]The Story Of Upstairs, Downstairs[/I] at the end of the entire series. In the end, though, I feared five hours' worth of documentary back-to-back might give me burnout so it just felt right to watch each part as presented: at the end of its relevant series. Having watched Part One, I think this is a good move, since it featured background and reflections on each of the thirteen episodes from the first year and it's good to view it when they're still fresh in my mind. A good number of the actors appeared. Jean Marsh, of course, spoke about the creation of the series (and she says she still has no idea what [I]The Swedish Tiger[/I] was about). Simon Williams, Nicola Pagett, George Innes (Alfred) and Evin Crowley all speak about their characters' various ups and downs this year, with Simon saying his first episode is the one he'd most like to re-shoot. If anything, the writers proved even more interesting, from Fay Weldon on that very first script to Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham's fury over having the rhythms of their script changed leading to Brady being removed from the room to stop him punching the director (which he admits he badly wanted to do). [/QUOTE]

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