An Old Flame

An Old Flame

Infobox Television episode
Title = "An Old Flame"
Series = "Upstairs, Downstairs"


Caption = Diana Newbury and James
Season = 5
Episode = 6
Airdate = 12 October 1975
Production = 6
Writer = John Hawkesworth
Director = Derek Bennett
Guests =
Episode list = List of Upstairs, Downstairs episodes
Prev = "Wanted - a Good Home"
Next = "Disillusion"

"An Old Flame" is the sixth episode of the fifth and final series of the period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs". It first aired on 12 October 1975 on ITV.

Background

"An Old Flame" was recorded in the studio on 20 and 21 March 1975. The plot of "An Old Flame" started as a script by Elizabeth Jane Howard called "The Price of Rubies".cite news|url=|title=Inside UpDown - The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs|first=Richard|last=Marson|publisher=Kaleidoscope Publishing|date=2005] "The Price of Rubies" was due to be made for broadcast on 28 September, but for an unknown reason it was dropped and replaced by the quickly-written episode "The Joy Ride". The plot of "The Price of Rubies", was later taken over by John Hawkesworth, who adapted it into "An Old Flame".

Cast

*Gordon Jackson - Hudson
*Angela Baddeley - Mrs Bridges
*Simon Williams - James Bellamy
*Celia Bannerman - Diana Newbury
*Georgina Hale - Violet Marshall
*David Langton - Richard Bellamy
*Christopher Beeny - Edward
*Karen Dotrice - Lily
*Jacqueline Tong - Daisy
*John Quayle - Bunny Newbury
*Tom Chatto - The Waiter
*Mike McKenzie - The Pianist
*John Caesar - The Policeman

Plot

It is May 1923, and by chance James meets Diana Newbury at a club in London. However, minutes after they meet the Police raid the club, and James and Diana escape through a side room. Outside, they kiss passionatley. Diana then asks James to stay with her in a cottage in Sandwich that she had been given to use for a week by Major and Mrs Cochrane-Danby. James agrees, and Edward accompanies him as his valet. Diana Newbury brings her lady's maid Miss Violet Marshall, who flirts with a non-responsive Edward.

Diana soon confesses that she still loves James, and has done ever since she was 13 years old. They discuss the idea of her leaving Bunny, James's best friend, and going to live abroad. Diana suggests going to France immediately, and she has already left a note at Bunny's club saying she has left him. However, Bunny returns earlier than expected and finds it. Bunny then goes to see Richard, who has returned from Scotland due Andrew Bonar Law's resignation as Prime Minister. Richard then telephones James, and he and Diana are forced to return to London.

Bunny and James then meet, and Bunny says he will not divorce Diana, but he is happy to let Diana divorce him. However, James and Diana later agree they could not live together as they have both moved on. Diana then goes back to Bunny. Meanwhile, Violet delivers a note from Diana via Edward to James. It reads "Thank you for being such a saint. Bless you my darling. Goodbye. D". Once James had read this he screws it up.

Footnotes

References

*Richard Marson, "Inside UpDown - The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs", Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2005
* [http://www.updown.org.uk/epguide/S5.htm#of Updown.org.uk] - "Upstairs, Downstairs" Fansite


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