Whom God Hath Joined...
"Whom God Hath Joined..." | |
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Upstairs, Downstairs episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 4 |
Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
Written by | Alfred Shaughnessy |
Original air date | 10 November 1972 |
Guest appearances | |
Ian Ogilvy (Lawrence Kirbridge) Raymond Huntley (Sir Geoffrey Dillon) Bryan Coleman (Sir William Manning) | |
"Whom God Hath Joined..." is the fourth episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1909.
Cast
- Regular cast
- Rachel Gurney (Lady Marjorie Bellamy)
- Gordon Jackson (Mr. Agnus Hudson)
- Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Kate Bridges)
- Jean Marsh (Rose Bucke)
- David Langton (Richard Bellamy)
- John Alderton (Thomas Watkins)
- Nicola Pagett (Elizabeth Kirbridge)
- Patsy Smart (Roberts)
- Guest cast
- Ian Ogilvy (Lawrence Kirbridge)
- Raymond Huntley (Sir Geoffrey Dillon)
- Bryan Coleman (Sir William Manning)
Background
In the winter of 1908, Elizabeth becomes involved with a group of
Although Elizabeth is reluctant to marry, the
The marriage is an unhappy affair from the start, and Lawrence does not wish to
Plot
Shortly before Christmas 1909, Elizabeth moves back to her parents' home at Eaton Place. Initially she says that she is coming to stay whilst Lawrence is visiting his aunt in Shropshire. When Lawrence returns home to Greenwich, the only other person in the house is his valet Watkins. After Watkins tells Lawrence what has happened, Lawrence says that he loved his wife, but not in the way she wanted him to, and asks Watkins whether he thinks he is homosexual, to which Watkins replies that he thinks Lawrence is a romantic. Watkins agrees to remain employed as Lawrence's valet.
Elizabeth informs her parents that her marriage has failed. The family solicitor,
What happens later in the series
Later, Elizabeth Kirbridge gives birth to a daughter, Lucy Elizabeth, in a London nursing home. To avoid scandal and since Lawrence is the legal father, he is asked to attend the baby's christening. Following the ceremony, he is never heard from again. Elizabeth, lacking maternal feelings, is indifferent to the baby and content to have Lucy brought up in the nursery by the servants.[1]
Notes
- ^ According to Series One, she and Lawrence marry in 1909, however in Series Two everything is put back a year, and they are said to marry in 1908. This article follows the Series One date.
References
- ^ "Upstairs, Downstairs - Season Two". Updown.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.