Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) Such a Lovely Man (1975) User Reviews

A rare low

[gilesadhamilton · 7/10 · 16 January 2022]

Perhaps the weakest episode in a superb season. The normally reliable Robert Hardy over eggs the part of an overbearing yet influential Guy Painter. A fun subplot finds Ruby dating however.

Quality

[evans-15475 · 9/10 · 17 January 2022]

Another surprising good episode considering how close we are to the end,ruby's self unawareness is alway funny and Robert Hardy was Robert Hardy would have loved to have seen him and Brian Blessed playing over the top brothers.

Ruby starts dating!!

[arrival · 19 September 2010]

Summer, 1925, Ruby takes up pen-pal writing and meets a man unromantically named; 'Herbert Turner'. She actually gets dated, which is amusing in itself, but it's even funnier the way the staff and everyone reacts. Having no romance in their own lives, the staff at 165 show an unhealthy interest in poor Ruby's short-lived affair! The most amusing part in all this being, that it's actually Ruby that dumps the man - and not the other way round! Meanwhile; upstairs, Lady Virginia becomes involved with a gay man (yet another UD encounter with this subject!) 'Sir Guy Paynter', played by Robert Hardy. Richard's not concerned, as he already knows of the man's 'leanings' and therefore is not threat, and Virginia pretends not to know in order to try to make Richard jealous.

An unremarkable episode in this last season, but amusing in parts.