The Best Episodes of Upstairs, Downstairs Season 3

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(134 votes)

   #1 - Miss Forrest

   S3:E110/27/1973

   In the spring of 1912, Lady Marjorie prepares to visit Elizabeth in New York and James takes an interest in Richard's comely and respectable new secretary, Miss Forrest.

   Director:Bill Bain

   Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy

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   Director:Bill Bain

   Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy
2. 

   8.8/10(136 votes)

   #2 - A House Divided

   S3:E211/3/1973

   News of the Titanic disaster arrives at Eaton Place, and the entire household anxiously await word of Lady Marjorie's fate.

   Director:Christopher Hodson

   Writer:Rosemary Anne Sisson

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   Director:Christopher Hodson

   Writer:Rosemary Anne Sisson
3. 

   8.3/10(125 votes)

   #3 - A Change of Scene

   S3:E311/10/1973

   James' weekend visit to Somerby Park, with Hudson in tow as his valet, presents an opportunity for both to appreciate their beloved Eaton Place and what they've left behind there.

   Director:Bill Bain

   Writer:Rosemary Anne Sisson

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   Director:Bill Bain

   Writer:Rosemary Anne Sisson
4. 

   8.3/10(110 votes)

   #4 - A Family Secret

   S3:E411/17/1973

   The race is on downstairs -- who will marry first upstairs -- Captain James or his father, Richard?

   Director:Derek Bennett

   Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy

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   Director:Derek Bennett

   Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy
5. 

   7.7/10(110 votes)

   #5 - Rose's Pigeon

   S3:E511/24/1973

   Alfred, the former Bellamy footman, is on the run and dupes Rose and uses her kindness as a shield from the law.

   Director:Bill Bain

   Writer:Jeremy Paul

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   Director:Bill Bain

   Writer:Jeremy Paul
6. 

   6.7/10(125 votes)

   #6 - Desirous of Change

   S3:E612/1/1973

   Hazel Bellamy assumes her role as mistress of the household with great trepidation and Richard becomes the quarry of a bounty-hunting Austrian woman and her wily and rapacious brother.

   Director:Lionel Harris

   Writer:Fay Weldon

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   Director:Lionel Harris

   Writer:Fay Weldon
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7. 

   7.8/10(107 votes)

   #7 - Word of Honour

   S3:E712/8/1973

   Richard Bellamy, who has been in considerable financial distress since the death of Lady Marjorie, finds himself at the center of a insider trading firestorm in his capacity as a member of Parliament.

   Director:Christopher Hodson

   Writer:Anthony Skene

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   Director:Christopher Hodson

   Writer:Anthony Skene
8. 

   7.9/10(107 votes)

   #8 - The Bolter

   S3:E812/15/1973

   Hazel's first substantial encounter with fashionable society causes her great humiliation, marital distress and a near-fatal accident, when she and James visit Lord and Lady Newbury at Sommerby Park.

   Director:Cyril Coke

   Writer:John Hawkesworth

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   Director:Cyril Coke

   Writer:John Hawkesworth
9. 

   8.3/10(123 votes)

   #9 - Goodwill to All Men

   S3:E912/22/1973

   It's Christmas 1913 and two young ladies, one from upstairs and the new parlor maid, conspire to spread holiday cheer to the less fortunate.

   Director:Christopher Hodson

   Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy

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   Director:Christopher Hodson

   Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy
10. 

    7.3/10(108 votes)

    #10 - What the Footman Saw

    S3:E1012/29/1973

    A leisurely evening out with his chums, a few beers and some downstairs gossip give Edward a bigger headache than any hangover ever could.

    Director:Cyril Coke

    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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    Director:Cyril Coke

    Writer:Jeremy Paul
11. 

    8.0/10(106 votes)

    #11 - A Perfect Stranger

    S3:E111/5/1974

    While running an ordinary errand, Rose's life takes an extraordinary turn.

    Director:Christopher Hodson

    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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    Director:Christopher Hodson

    Writer:Jeremy Paul
12. 

    8.4/10(112 votes)

    #12 - Distant Thunder

    S3:E121/12/1974

    The disparity between James' and Hazel's background is cut wide open when Hazel suffers a miscarriage.

    Director:Bill Bain

    Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy

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    Director:Bill Bain

    Writer:Alfred Shaughnessy
13. 

    8.7/10(112 votes)

    #13 - The Sudden Storm

    S3:E131/19/1974

    A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent.

    Director:Bill Bain

    Writer:John Hawkesworth

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    Director:Bill Bain

    Writer:John Hawkesworth