A new servant embarks on an unlikely relationship with the youngest daughter of a prominent English family. Simultaneously, rivalries are spilling over in the Davenport family, led by the Lord and Lady as they also weather the epic failure of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it'll cut your cucumber sandwiches
Acting
Katherine Waterston's withering aristocrat perfection
Costume
Period accuracy weaponized for absolute mockery
Director
Jim O'Hanlon
Damian Lewis
Lord Davenport
Katherine Waterston
Lady Davenport
Thomasin McKenzie
Rose
Ben Radcliffe
Eric
Tom Felton
Archibald
Emma Laird
Poppy
Tom Goodman-Hill
Inspector Watt
Ramon Tikaram
Darvesh Khalid
Tim McMullan
Cyril
Anna Maxwell Martin
Mrs McAllister
Sue Johnston
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Hayley Mills
Rose Davenport (voice)
Adam Woodward
Bert Chester
Lily Knight
Fifi Valentine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'upstairs downstairs' spoof genre peaked with 2019's Downton Abbey film, making this a direct cultural response to prestige period drama's self-seriousness.
Thomasin McKenzie filmed this immediately after Eileen, reportedly requesting something where she smiles at least once — mission accomplished.
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