The Upstairs Downstairs spoof has been forgotten in Britain. But in Hungary, kids still name their pets after the cast. Our writer travels to Budapest for the lavish 30th anniversary celebrations
In the restaurant of an upmarket Budapest hotel, three young sisters are overcome with excitement. They have just spotted their comedy heroes through the window and have crept in, hoping for autographs. Rosie, 13, breaks down in tears as she confides the names of her guinea pigs: Teddy, James and Mr Stokes. “They’re all boys,” she says apologetically, but her rabbit is a girl. “She’s called Ivy.”
At a table gleaming with silver and crystal sit the actual Teddy and James – or rather the actors Michael Knowles and Jeffrey Holland. They’re about to tuck into a five-course meal inspired by the British TV series that has made them two of Hungary’s most famous stars. Ivy (Su Pollard) has sent her apologies and Mr Stokes (Paul Shane) is dead. The banquet opens with cream of asparagus soup with roasted lamb’s kidney and ends with tapioca pudding, each with its own accompanying wine – as befits the aristocratic Meldrum family, from the 1920s-set sitcom You Rang M’Lord?
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