Upstairs, Downstairs (2010)

Genre: TV Series, Historical Drama

Series Creators: Jean Marsh & Eileen Atkins

Writer: Heidi Thomas

Synopsis: A new household, the Holland family and their servants, move into 165 Eaton Place (home to the Bellamy family in the 1970 TV series) in 1936.

Keeley's Role: Lady Agnes Holland

Other Cast Members:
Eileen Atkins as Lady Maud Holland
Ed Stoppard as Sir Hallam Holland
Claire Foy as Lady Persephone (Persie)
Art Malik as Mr. Amanjit (Lady Maud Holland's secretary)
Jean Marsh as Rose Buck the housekeeper
Anne Reid as Mrs. Thackery the cook
Adrian Scarborough as Pritchard the butler
Ellie Kendrick as Ivy the housemaid
Nico Mirallegro as Johnny the footman

Status: Three episodes have been ordered, with the possibility of several more for Series (Season) 1. They air expected to air in the autumn of 2010 on the BBC and Winter 2010-2011 on PBS.

Links:
Upstairs, Downstairs photos

also see:
Daily Mail article announcing the show Read More......

Keeley for Upstairs, Downstairs Remake!

Keeley will play Lady Agnes Holland in the remake/sequel to the '70s hit Upstairs, Downstairs. The new show will follow a different family, the Hollands, living at 165 Eaton Place. Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, who created the original series, will both appear -- Marsh as her original character, Rose.

The cast will also include:
Ed Stoppard
Claire Foy
Art Malik
Anne Reid
Ellie Kendrick
Nico Mirallegro
Adrian Scarborough

The show will be set in 1936 (abdication crisis). Three one-hour episodes have been ordered and will air on Sunday nights in the fall, and on PBS in the winter (presumably as part of Masterpiece Classic).

The show is filming in Cardiff and the show runner is Heidi Thomas, who worked on Cranford.

Read more at the Daily Mail. Read More......