Broadcast: Nov. 3, 1974-Jan. 26, 1975. The second series of 'Upstairs, Downstairs' is set in the years just before the outbreak of the First World War. The fashionable and wealthy family--the Bellamys--and their domestic staff are the focus for this drama. The series presents this well-to-do household as a microcosm of Edwardian society and studies the characters and their relationships in depth revealing the tragedies, comedies, dramas, and scandals which involve the entire household.