Starring Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes) and Alex Kingston (Doctor Who), Upstairs Downstairs is back on BBC One for a second series.

In the next episode, after being told she can have no more children, Lady Agnes distracts herself by throwing a dinner party for the Kennedys. Downstairs, Mrs Thackeray is thrilled to re-establish contact with her only nephew and when she and Mr Pritchard continue to lock horns, resigns.

Series 2 Episode 2 airs at 9pm on Sunday 26th February on BBC One. To whet your appetite, here are ten teasing lines of dialogue from the episode…

» ‘You bought me protein biscuits and took me to a nudist camp.’

» ‘You want to be careful, feeding me aphrodisiacs.’

» ‘Time to shut up shop, I think. No more babies.’

» ‘Mr John F. Kennedy. One imagines the central initial is intended to add gravitas.’

» ‘England has been pushed to the edge of the abyss.’

» ‘They won’t be refugees if we don’t let them in. They will be statistics.’

» ‘Shall we be brave, darling? Shall we make sure we never have to say we didn’t dare?’

» ‘I can’t waste time with petit-bourgeois ceremonial.’

» ‘I’ve got savings. I can retire – now I’ve got somewhere to go.’

» ‘The trouble with you is you’re ruined. You have no idea how normal people live.’

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