Upstairs, Downstairs
Out of Costume
During Upstairs, Downstairs 1

Gordon Jackson and his wife, actress Rona Anderson, photographed in the mid-Seventies. During his life, Jackson starred in more than 80 feature films but Mr Hudson was probably his most famous role.

Simon Williams photographed in the mid-seventies with his wife, actress Belinda Carroll. Though the marriage ended in the late seventies, the relationship produced two children - Tam and Amy - who have both followed their parents into the acting profession. Simon later married another actress, Lucy Fleming.

David Langton played Richard Bellamy, master of 165 Eaton Place, from the first episode to the last. Langton (real name Basil Muir Langton-Dodds) had been working in theatre since he was 16, but his role as Richard, which made him a household face, came later, when he was aged 58.

Jenny Tomasin out of her of Ruby guise. "I feel the series might have limited me," says Tomasin. "There are a lot of strong-woman parts I could have played, which nobody would see me as."

A rare shot of Rachel Gurney, right, out of her Lady Marjorie costume and wig. She is surrounded by Freddy Shaughnessy, David Langton and Lesley-Anne Down at a special fête at Ringwold House in 1975 to mark the end of the series.