Returning: Upstairs, Downstairs.

UKTV airs the second and final season of the rebooted Upstairs, Downstairs next month.

The cast includes Ed Stoppard, Keeley Hawes, Alex Kingston, Claire Foy, Michael Landes, Anne Reid and Adrian Scarborough. But  Eileen Atkins doesn’t appear having previously been quoted as being unhappy with the development of her character.

Set in the year preceding the World War Two, 165 Eaton Place reopens its doors and welcomes viewers back into the enthralling lives of its inhabitants, both upstairs and down. Now a well established and thriving household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir Hallam’s family is complete with the addition of two small children and London has settled into an uneasy peace with the apparent aversion of war. With both upstairs and downstairs harbouring life-changing secrets and the menace of war creeping ever closer, the smooth running of Eaton Place threatens to come crashing to shattering halt. However, as romance, heartbreak and secrets engulf the household, its inhabitants discover that the real threat to 165 is much closer to home.

Saturdays at 7.30pm, from June 9th.