Maitres et valets
Upstairs, Downstairs
Synchro-Québec
Directeur de plateau : Gérard Delmas
Adaptateur : Bernadette Morin
regulars:
• Gordon Jackson (Mr (Angus) Hudson) François Cartier
• Angela Baddeley (Mrs (Kate) Bridges) Janine Fluet
• David Langton (Richard Bellamy) Alain Clavier
• Simon Williams (Capt James Bellamy) Mario Desmarais
• Jean Marsh (Rose Buck) Diane Arcand
• Christopher Beeny (Edward Barnes) Jacques Brouillet
• Rachel Gurney as Lady Marjorie Bellamy [ Series 1 - 2 ]
• Nicola Pagett as Elizabeth Bellamy, later Kirbridge [ Series 1 - 2 ]
• Pauline Collins as Sarah Moffat [ Series 1 - 2 ]
• Jenny Tomasin (Ruby Finch) [ Series 2 - 5 ] Bernadette Morin
• Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel Forrest)[ Series 3 - 4 ] Élizabeth Lesieur
• Jacqueline Tong as Daisy Peel [ Series 3 - 5 ] Claudine Chatel
recurring characters:
• Joan Benham (Lady Prudence Fairfax) Huguette Oligny
• Raymond Huntley (Sir Geoffrey Dillon) Gérard Delmas
• Ian Ogilvy as Lawrence Kirbridge [ Series 1 - 2 ]
• Patsy Smart (Maude Roberts) [ Series 1 - 3 ] Béatrice Picard
• Lesley-Anne Down (Georgina Worsley) [ Series 3 - 5 ] Louise Turcot
• Celia Bannerman (Lady Diana Russell Newbury) [ Series 3 - 5 ] Anne Caron
• John Quayle as Bunny Newbury [ Series 3 - 5 ] André Montmorency et Guy Nadon
• Hannah Gordon as Virginia Hamilton, later Bellamy [ Series 4 - 5 ]
• Gareth Hunt as Trooper Frederick Norton [ Series 4 - 5 ]
3rd Series 1973 :
(set in 1912 to 1914)
1. - "Miss Forrest"
gs: Rachel Gurney [ Lady Marjorie Bellamy ]
rc: Roberts
The third series opens in 1912 against a background of social change. The Edwardian era is over and the new age is just beginning. Richard is working on a political biography, assisted by a young typist, Hazel Forrest. James Bellamy, still unmarried and bored, precipitates a serious household crisis. Lady Marjorie leaves for America on the maiden voyage of the Titanic.
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2. La survivante - "A House Divided"
gs:
Leonard Trolley [ Mr Forrest ], Yves Massicotte
Valerie White [ Mrs Forrest ] Françoise Faucher
Hazel is caught between downstairs and upstairs. Undaunted, she determines to find a less isolated niche in a tragedy-stricken Eaton Place.
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3. Changement de décor - "A Change of Scene"
gs: Clive Morton [ Makepiece ] Yvon Dufour
Richard Vernon [ Maj Cochrane-Danby ] Luc Durand
Helen Lindsay [ Mrs Cochrane-Danby ] Louise Rémy
Annette Wollett [Celia Grey] Claudine Chatel
Christopher Benjamin [ Max Weinberg ] Jean Brousseau
John Flint [ Henry] Mario Desmarais
Jane Baxter [ Lady Newbury ] Huguette Oligny
Patricia Lawrence [ Mrs Kenton ] Élisabeth Chouvalidzé
Anthony Ainley [ Lord Charles Gilmour ] Yves Corbeil
Elisabeth Day [ Cecile ]
Anthony Dawes [ Breeze ] Julien Bessette
Joss Hanbury [ Bunny's loader]
rc: Lady Diana Russell Anne Caron
Bunny Newbury - Guy Nadon
James Bellamy is invited to a weekend house-party by Bunny Newbury, who is now a Marquis. Hudson accompanies James, leading him to a personal crisis - ambition versus his loyalty to the Bellamy family.
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4. Un secret de famille - "A Family Secret"
gs: Leonard Trolley [ Mr Forrest ] Yves Massicotte
Valerie White [ Mrs Forrest ] Francoise Faucher
rc: Lady Prudence Fairfax - Huguette Oligny
Upset by his mother's death, James Bellamy finds sympathy from Hazel Forrest. However, Hazel declines James's offer of marriage without giving reasons.
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5. "Rose's Pigeon"
gs: George Innes [ Alfred Harris ] Guy Nadon
Leon Sinden [ Det Insp Bowles ] Victor Désy
Rose recognises Alfred, a former servant at Eaton Place who left in disgrace. Out of pity she feeds Alfred and hides him in the basement. Hudson, however, discovers Alfred and plunges the entire household into a dangerous and terrifying situation.
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6 . "Desirous of Change"
gs: Angela Browne [ Lili de Ternay] Andrée Lachapelle
Sandor Eles [ Kurt Schnabel ] Daniel Roussel
Janet Lees Price [ Gwyneth Davies] Claudine Chatel
The arrival of an attractive but penniless French Countess to Eaton Place brings a change of atmosphere. Richard smiles again for the first time since the death of Lady Marjorie. Gwyneth, the new under-housemaid, has romantic fantasies.
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7. Parole d’honneur "Word of Honour"
gs: John Horsley [ Jack Challen ] Ronald France
Edward Palmer [ Bunting ] Yves Massicotte
Peter Cellier [ Henry Pritchett ] Leo Ilial
Kenneth Watson [ Arthur Evans] Jean Brousseau
Anthony Sharp [ Johnson Munby ] Vincent Davy
Geoffrey Lumsden [ Sir William Trevanion ] Luc Durand
John Gabriel [ Reuben Chantry ] Jean-Louis Millette
Alastair Hunter [ Sir Percy Devenish ] Julien Bessette
Businessman Jack Challen recommends some engineering shares to Richard. This becomes a public scandal when the shares soar in value. Sir Geoffrey Dillon is again called in to get the Bellamys out of trouble.
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8. Week-end a Sumerby "The Bolter"
gs: Kate Coleridge [ Mrs Tewkesbury ] André Lachapelle
Richard Vernon [ Maj Cochrane-Danby ] Luc Durand
Helen Lindsay [ Mrs Cochrane-Danby ] Louise Rémy
Anthony Ainley [Lord Charles Gilmour] Yves Corbeil
John Flint [ Henry]
Elisabeth Day [ Cecile]
Anthony Dawes [ Breeze ] Jean Fontaine
Tony Bateman [ Joseph ] ?
rc: Diana Newbury Anne Caron
Bunny Newbury André Montmorency
James and Hazel attend a foxhunting weekend at a large country house. Hazel is persuaded to take part in a practical joke, which backfires, exposing James to ridicule and herself to personal danger, resulting in their first big fight.
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9. Joyeux Noel "Goodwill to All Men"
gs: Cathleen Nesbitt [ Lady Southwold ] Françoise Faucher
Jennifer McEvoy [ Mrs Peel] Madeleine Arseneau
Dan Gillan [ Bill ] ?
rc: Georgina Worsley Louise Turcot
Over a quiet and formal Christmas at the Bellamy residence, Georgina befriends Daisy, the new under-house parlor-maid. While the servants make merry, the girls set out on a charitable adventure, with distressing consequences.
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10. Le témoin - "What the Footman Saw"
gs: Bernard Archard [ Col Tewkesbury ] Vincent Davy
Walter Horsbrugh [ Trumper ] Luc Durand
Thomas Heathcote [ Clough ] Yves Massicotte
Anthony Ainley [ Lord Charles Gilmour ] Yves Corbeil
Robin Sachs [ Robert ] Luis de Cespedes
David Goodland [ John ] Guy Nadon
Butlers, footmen and valets of Belgravia habitually frequent the local pub, The Crown and Anchor. The pub is full when Edward describes to two friends something he witnessed at a country-house party. This lands him in trouble.
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