Beacon Hill

1975

Beacon Hill

7.3 | en | Drama

Short lived soap opera about rich family and their servants in 1920s Boston.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP11 The Pretenders

Nov. 04,1975

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EP10 The Test

Oct. 28,1975

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EP9 The Suitors

Oct. 21,1975

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EP8 The Million Dollar Gate

Oct. 14,1975

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EP7 The Speakeasy

Oct. 07,1975

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EP6 The Shining Example

Sep. 30,1975

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EP5 The Soldiers

Sep. 23,1975

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EP4 The Poor Little Thing

Sep. 16,1975

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EP3 The Marblehead Club

Sep. 09,1975

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EP2 The Colonel and the Fawn (2)

Sep. 02,1975

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EP1 The Colonel and the Fawn (1)

Aug. 25,1975

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7.3 | en | Drama | More Info

Released: 1975-08-25 | Released Producted By: Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO) , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

Short lived soap opera about rich family and their servants in 1920s Boston.

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Cast

Nancy Marchand , Holland Taylor , Beatrice Straight

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Nancy Marchand

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Holland Taylor

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Beatrice Straight

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Reviews

wgranger There have always been attempts to take popular British shows and transform them onto American TV. Steptoe and Son successfully transformed into Sanford and Son. Unfortunately the transformation of Upstairs, Downstairs to Beacon Hill missed the mark and did so for two reasons: it brought 1970's morals and mores to the Roaring Twenties and almost as bad, it relied on standard soap opera clichés rather than a real storyline. Here's some examples of both: the Lassiter granddaughter is sleeping with the fired chauffeur (was that before or after he was fired?) The other Lassiter daughter is in a rather Bohemian and morally loose lifestyle. The one-armed son visits a black whorehouse. All a little hard to fathom for a supposedly well-to-do Roman Catholic family in Boston. Some other clichés: the new chauffeur falls for the homely Lassiter daughter. The embittered one-armed son hates his father who seems to be a decent fellow and the show never explains the estrangement.The actors seemed to be well cast and quite memorable, so what's the problem? Again, soap opera clichés rather than an engaging story. In fact, the only ongoing storyline seems to be Prohibition and its effects on everyone. On the other hand, Upstairs, Downstairs had a much more durable storyline - the decline of the aristocracy - and perhaps that is why it seemed more believable to me and was around a lot longer. Still, if Beacon Hill came out in DVD, I might be tempted to purchase it.

veronica_jordan I saw the entire series when it originally ran and it was wonderful! David Dukes was excellent as the Lassiter son who'd lost his arm in WWI and was still despondent over it. Paul Rudd played the Irish chauffeur in love with the only Lassiter sister who wasn't considered "pretty", they had a nice, slowly blossoming romance. Linda Purl did an excellent job as the spoiled oldest grandchild. Nancy Marchand was memorable as the elegant Mrs. Lassiter. A great show!

tom.watson-2 Okay, so maybe it wasn't the greatest tv show in history, but I enjoyed it and it had a great group of actors, including the recently-deceased Nancy Marchand. It was just getting interesting (soap-story wise) when CBS pulled the plug. But I would like to know what happened to Paul Rudd, who was a fine actor. According to the database, his last credit was in the early 80's. He either died or quit, since there is another young actor named Paul Rudd, and SAG does not allow two people to register with the same name.

Kirasjeri The great PBS series, Upstairs, Downstairs, magnificently wove rich characterizations of the upper and lower classes of one London household against the historical backdrop of England from 1903-1930. Social issues were brilliantly added to the personal dramas. The writing and acting were superb.Then someone got the bright idea of doing something of similar format in Boston about the same time period with servants and upper class family living their parallel lives in the same great house. Unfortunately, the acting even though by competent New York stage actors never jelled, and that was in large part because the writing was an atrocity. It reduced these peoples' lives to the most trite soap opera cliches. Silly people acted silly; pompous people acted pompous. It was all superficial and pointless. Highly touted and publicized before its first airing by a network that hoped to add ratings and prestige with a classy and popular show, "Beacon Hill" quickly was cancelled - after becoming one of the biggest bombs in TV history. If you want to see how such a show should be done, buy or rent some of the video tapes of Upstairs, Downstairs,