"An Object of Value"

Upstairs, Downstairs episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 9

Directed by

Raymond Menmuir

Written by

Anthony Skene

Original air date

15 December 1972

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"An Object of Value" is the ninth episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1909.

Cast

Regular cast

Gordon Jackson (Angus Hudson)
Jean Marsh (Rose Buck)
Joan Benham (Lady Prudence Fairfax)
David Langton (Richard Bellamy)
Simon Williams (James Bellamy)
Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Bridges)
Jenny Tomasin (Ruby)

Guest cast

Mr. Donaldson (Christopher Biggins)
Mr. Curtis (John Kidd)
Lady Southwold (Cathleen Nesbitt)

Plot

Thomas Watkins continues his liaison with Sarah and they fall in love. Rose and Thomas are showing their jealousy over Sarah's affections and they duel over Sarah's affections. They both love Sarah. Thomas Watkins wants to get into the motorcar business. He is the inciter who seeks to influence the mind of Sarah to steal a bottle of wine. Thomas becomes a suspect in the brooch theft. Rose thinks that he also influenced the mind of Sarah to steal the brooch. Thomas Watkins and Mr. Donaldson fight a duel over Sarah's honor and over Sarah's love. In the fight scene between Watkins and Donaldson the furniture and fittings have been completely destroyed by Thomas Watkins.^[1]^[2]

References

External links

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

Episodes

Series one	"On Trial" "The Mistress and the Maids" "Board Wages" "The Path of Duty" "A Suitable Marriage" "A Cry for Help" "Magic Casements" "I Dies from Love" "Why Is Her Door Locked?" "A Voice from the Past" "The Swedish Tiger" "The Key of the Door" "For Love of Love"
Series two	"The New Man" "A Pair of Exiles" "Married Love" "Whom God Hath Joined..." "Guest of Honour" "The Property of a Lady" "Your Obedient Servant" "Out of the Everywhere" "An Object of Value" "A Special Mischief" "The Fruits of Love" "The Wages of Sin" "A Family Gathering"
Series three	"Miss Forrest" "A House Divided" "A Change of Scene" "A Family Secret" "Rose's Pigeon" "Desirous of Change" "Word of Honour" "The Bolter" "Goodwill to All Men" "What the Footman Saw" "A Perfect Stranger" "Distant Thunder" "The Sudden Storm"
Series four	"A Patriotic Offering" "News from the Front" "The Beastly Hun" "Women Shall Not Weep" "Tug of War" "Home Fires" "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" "The Glorious Dead" "Another Year" "The Hero's Farewell" "Missing Believed Killed" "Facing Fearful Odds" "Peace Out of Pain"
Series five	"On with the Dance" "A Place in the World" "Laugh a Little Louder Please" "The Joy Ride" "Wanted – A Good Home" "An Old Flame" "Disillusion" "Such a Lovely Man" "The Nine Days Wonder" "The Understudy" "Alberto" "Will Ye No Come Back Again" "Joke Over" "Noblesse Oblige" "All the King's Horses" "Whither Shall I Wander?"

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