Facing Fearful Odds [SEP] series
Facing Fearful Odds
Facing Fearful Odds is the twelfth episode of the fourth series of the period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs". It first aired on 30 November 1974 on ITV.
Background.
"Facing Fearful Odds" was recorded in the studio on 5 and 6 September 1974.
Cast.
- Gordon Jackson - Hudson
- Angela Baddeley - Mrs Bridges
- David Langton - Richard Bellamy
- Meg Wynn Owen - Hazel Bellamy
- Hannah Gordon - Virginia Hamilton
- Raymond Huntley - Sir
out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods."/poem
Lartius and Herminius regain the Roman side before the bridge falls, but Horatius is stranded, and jumps into the river still wearing his full armour. Macaulay writes,
poemAnd when above the surges
They saw his crest