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Facing Fearful Odds: Directed by Raymond Menmuir. With Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, David Langton, Meg Wynn Owen. Virginia Hamilton returns to Eaton Place, seeking Richard's advice on an urgent matter.
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- Drama
- Raymond Menmuir
- 1976-03-21
" Facing Fearful Odds " is the twelfth episode of the fourth series of the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. It first aired on 30 November 1974 on ITV . Background. Facing Fearful Odds was recorded in the studio on 5 and 6 September 1974. Cast. Gordon Jackson - Hudson. Angela Baddeley - Mrs Bridges. David Langton - Richard Bellamy.
The: "And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his Gods," quotation, from which this episode gets its title, is from the poem Horatius, written by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59). Date: At the start of the episode Hudson is reading a newspaper dated April 27th 1918 (1'33").
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4.12 (51) Facing Fearful Odds. 4.13 (52) Peace out of Pain. The fourth season of Upstairs, Downstairs deals with the years of the Great War, 1914-18, and is usually singled out as the strongest of the five series. This series is more "soap" oriented than previously and ideally requires viewers to have seen the previous episodes in the season.
Facing Fearful Odds (1974) Review this title. 2 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 10/10. Superlative drama. gilesadhamilton 14 November 2021. As usual one episode of UD that crams in more drama than most serials.
Upstairs, Downstairs – Season 4, Episode 12. James recuperates at Eaton Place; Richard helps Virginia Hamilton's son in a court-martial proceeding. Watchlist. TRAILER.
