14 5 / 2012

Hello, dear cousins!  Below you will find our schedule for the next five months or so, as we wait out this barren desert that is the Downton Abbey hiatus.  We do reserve the right to alter the schedule based on any emergencies that may arise, but we will do our best to make sure your UYDS fix arrives every Monday as scheduled!

Please check out what’s coming so you can keep up, and until next time, up yours, downstairs!

5/28: Gosford Park
6/11: Manor House E1
6/25: Manor House E2
7/2: Manor House E3
7/16: Tom Repeats History/Fashion Backwards 1
7/30:Manor House E4
8/6: Manor House E5
8/20: Manor House E6
9/3:Titanic (Fellowes)
9/17: Titanic (Fellowes)
10/1: Tom Repeats History/Fashion Backwards 2 

26 4 / 2012

Cousin Katherine at Highclere Castle!

Cousin Katherine at Highclere Castle!

15 4 / 2012

Hi Cousins! Please take a minute to take our hiatus survey! We’ve limited ourselves to film and television that primarily takes place during the Edwardian Era (or pretends to, anyway!) Vote for your top 3 favorite options by April 30 to have a say in what UYDS covers in the leadup to new episodes of Downton Abbey!

19 3 / 2012

A lovely example of embroidery from Phoenix, our Cousin of the Week!  We have no doubt that she could embroider McG under the table!

A lovely example of embroidery from Phoenix, our Cousin of the Week!  We have no doubt that she could embroider McG under the table!

13 2 / 2012

Thanks a million to Cousin of the Week Olivia for putting this together!  Not surprisingly, Maggie Smith has been in more Masterpiece productions than anyone else!  Congrats, Olivia!  5 Maggie Smiths all around!

Hugh Bonneville-Robert, Earl of Grantham- Miss. Austen Regrets, Mansfield Park,Dainel Deronda, Madame Bovary, The Cazalets

Jessica Brown Findlay- Lady Sybil Crawley- This is her first MASTERPICE production

Laura Carmichale- Lady Edith Crawley-  This is her first MASTERPICE production

Jim Carter-Mr.(Charlie) Carson- Midsummer Murders, The Way We Live Now, The Secret Life of Mrs.Beeton, Cranford, Return to Cranford

Brendan Coyle- John Bates- Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Jericho

Michelle Dockery- Lady Mary Crawley- Return to Cranford, The Turn of the Screw

Siobhan Finneran- O’Brian- The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard

Joanne Froggatt- Anna-  This is her first MASTERPICE production

Rob James Collier-Thomas-  This is his first MASTERPICE production

Phyllis Logan- Mrs.Huges- And a Nightingale Sang, All the Kings Men

Elizabeth McGovern- Cora, Countess of Grantham- This is her first MASTERPICE production

Sophie McShera- Daisy-  This is her first MASTERPICE production

Lesley Nicol- Mrs.Pattmore-  This is her first MASTERPICE production

Rose Leslie-Gwen- This is her first MASTERPICE production

Maggie Smith- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham- David Copperfield, Memento Mori, All for Love, All the Kings Men

Dan Stevens- Mathew Crawley- Sense & Sensibility, Dracula

Penelope Wilton- Isobel Crawley- Country Matters, The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Wives and Daughters, Lucky Jim

Samantha Bond- Lady Rosamund Painswick- Rumpule of the Bailey, A Murder is Announced

31 1 / 2012

Welcome to the official, soon-to-be much neglected “Up Yours, Downstairs!” Official Tumblr!

We won’t be using this space much right now, but we may post book reviews or other pertinent Downton Abbey-related things later in the year.

In the meantime, find us at the following locations!

Twitter: @5maggiesmiths

Podcast URL: http://upyoursdownstairs.libsyn.com/

iTunes URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/up-yours-downstairs!-a-downton/id495695009

Enjoy!