Whither Shall I Wander?

Whither Shall I Wander?

Infobox Television episode
Title = "Whither Shall I Wander?"
Series = "Upstairs, Downstairs"


Caption =
Season = 5
Episode = 16
Airdate = 21 December 1975
Production =
Writer = John Hawkesworth
Director = Bill Bain
Guests =
Episode list = List of Upstairs, Downstairs episodes
Prev = "All the King's Horses"'
Next =

"Whither Shall I Wander?" is the final, concluding episode of the period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs". It first aired on 21 December 1975 on ITV.

Plot

The family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon stops by to advise of the massive debts left by the late James Bellamy and advises that 165 Eaton Place be liquidated by his creditors. Georgina, without any finances and refusing to accept charity, decides that her wedding must be put off due to the financial obligations, but Virginia and Geoffrey conspire to secretly transfer £2000 from Virginia's investments to Georgina as a last-minute windfall from James' estate and the wedding is set for June 12, flourished with a massive cake baked by Mrs. Bridges. We see the reception but not the actual wedding, and the plot moves on to those of 165 Eaton Place going their respective ways. Richard, Virginia, and the kids move away to a small house, retaining Rose and inviting the servants to take keepsakes from 165 Eaton Place that are precious to them. Mr. Hudson and Mrs. Bridges announce that they married in a brief civil ceremony, "...in the eyes of the Lord, better late than never." Ruby aspires to move on to other lines of service and become an usherette, but Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, feeling that simple Ruby would be unable to fend for herself, decide to take her along to their boarding house by the sea. (Sadly, Angela Baddely [Mrs. Bridges] died the next year and, with her, the anticipated spin-off series.) The series concludes with Rose walking alone through the abandoned, lifeless house, recalling memories associated with each room, and finally leaving the property, which bears a sign showing that it has been listed.

Cast

*Lesley-Anne Down - Georgina Worsley
*Raymond Huntley -- Geoffrey Dillon
*Hannah Gordon - Virginia Bellamy
*David Langton - Richard Bellamy
*Gordon Jackson - Angus Hudson
*Jean Marsh - Rose Buck
*Angela Baddeley - Kate Bridges
*Joan Benham - Lady Prudence Fairfax
*Ursula Howells - Duchess of Buckminster
*Christopher Beeny - Edward Barnes
*Jacqueline Tong - Daisy Peel Barnes
*Jenny Tomasin - Ruby Finch
*Anthony Andrews - Marquis of Stockbridge
*Anne Yarker - Alice Hamilton

Footnotes

References

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


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