Upstairs, Downstairs — S05E05 — Wanted: A Good Home
1975 · 50 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · DIR. Christopher Hodson
Overview
Spring 1922: When William goes off to Prep School, Rose gets Alice a new puppy so she won't be lonely, but when Richard and Virginia go on holiday and leave Miss Treadwell in charge, the entire staff lines up against her when she tries to dispose of the "filthy creature".
Dialogue Timeline — 1,105 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:28 - Oh, but they're awfully good.
00:02:43 She was really fat.
00:04:30 it wouldn't say much, would it?
00:06:26 There.
00:08:04 - Is that what happened to Michael, Mummy?
00:09:37 Now shut your eyes.
00:11:11 - Oh.
00:13:02 Thank you, Rose.
00:15:13 - Goodbye, don't be late. - Back about six.
00:18:01 - Oh, but that's the age.
00:20:14 but you wouldn't know, being only an ignorant sort of a dog.
00:22:20 to Rose's room, please Frederick?
00:24:24 Now the next thing you have to do is to fold the flour in.
00:26:29 - It's really wonderful, the way that girl has with pastry.
00:28:25 A stately pleasure-dome decree.
00:30:25 It's the way people are treated, that's what I say.
00:32:47 - I'm sorry, miss, I will speak to her.
00:35:20 - Well, Miss Treadwell, in the first place,
00:37:23 - Alice.
00:39:18 and after all, he has got his name
00:41:28 - If you ask me, the servant's are hiding it.
00:43:15 - I see.
00:45:14 - Oh yes, some clumsy Frenchman spilled some wine over it.
00:47:50 Come along.
Cast & Characters
Christopher Beeny
Edward Barnes
Gordon Jackson
Angus Hudson
Jacqueline Tong
Daisy Barnes
Jenny Tomasin
Ruby Finch
Angela Baddeley
Mrs. Bridges
David Langton
Richard Bellamy
Jean Marsh
self
Shirley Cain
Miss Treadwell
Peter Forest
Bert
Jonathan Seely
William Hamilton
Tracey Childs
Jennifer Chivers
Hannah Gordon
Virginia Bellamy
Anne Yarker
Alice Hamilton
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,105
Dialogue density22.1 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line00:47:50
Production Record
DirectorChristopher Hodson
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
Upstairs, Downstairs, season 5, episode 5: Wanted: A Good Home.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/492/season/5/episode/5
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