Upstairs Downstairs 2010 2012 In 1936, Sir Hallam Holland Ed Stoppard and his pretty young wife Lady Agnes Keeley Hawes return from a diplomatic posting abroad and take up residence at 165 Eaton Place, formerly the home of the Bellamy family but vacant for several years By chance, they ask Rose Buck Jean Marsh, a long time servant in the Bellamy household, to find them a suitable staff In the end, Rose joins them as the housekeeper The 1930s are a difficult time in England The Depression has taken its toll with high levels of unemployment Fascism, which has become popular on the continent in Italy and Germany, is also finding followers in the U K with Oswald Moselys British Union of Fascists As the new staff begin their daily work, the downstairs family begins to take shape