"Distant Thunder" is the twelfth episode of the third series of the British television series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. The episode is set in 1914.

Plot

In the early months of 1914,

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suffers a miscarriage which sends her into an extended depression. She struggles emotionally and besides the feeling of loss, a lack of understanding affects Hazel. The subject is too painful, causing feelings of isolation by Hazel and

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, who falls in love with his step-cousin, Georgina Worsley, taking her to a Regimental ball. This causes James' father, Richard Bellamy, to criticize James, who asks his father to move out of the house. The class divide between James and Hazel causes again conflicts with the Bellamys' staff and in the marriage. Hazel is particularly close to Richard and Rose, but Hudson never truly accepts her, a middle-class woman, as mistress of the house. Hazel and James's marriage seems to have come to an end.''Distant Thunder - Updown.org.uk''
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References

Upstairs, Downstairs series 3 episodes 1974 British television episodes Fiction set in 1914 {{tv-episode-stub Television episodes set in the 1910s