Upstairs, Downstairs II: (11) A Perfect Stranger

Jan 12, 1975 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

Masterpiece Theatre Rose is on a crowded London bus while taking a cake to a friend of Mrs. Bridges, when an Australian sheep farmer falls into her lap and onto her cake, ruining it. To make amends, the farmer (Gregory Wilmot) takes her to a tea sho... (more)p, buys her a replacement cake, and invites her to have a cup of tea with him. The two hit it off and after a week of outings, Rose invites Gregory to Eaton Place for tea and to meet her "family". Mrs Bridges is charmed by Gregory, but Hudson is skeptical. Gregory proposes marriage to Rose in front of the staff and Rose accepts. Hudson is stunned that Rose would leave the comfortable, familiar world she has known for the Australian outback....or will she? Originally aired in the UK as Season 3, Episode 11

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