Women Shall Not Weep (25 Jan. 1976)

Edward and Daisy marry before he's sent to France and Georgina becomes a volunteer nurse.

Director:

Christopher Hodson

Writer:

Alfred Shaughnessy

Stars:

Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Simon Williams

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Gordon Jackson	...	Hudson
David Langton	...	Richard Bellamy
Simon Williams	...	James Bellamy
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Georgina
Jean Marsh	...	Rose
Angela Baddeley	...	Mrs. Bridges
Christopher Beeny	...	Edward
Neville Barber	...	Brigadier General Temple
Jacqueline Tong	...	Daisy Peel
Dennis Blanch	...	Private Wallace
Jenny Tomasin	...	Ruby
Mel Churcher	...	Angela Barclay
James Woolley	...	Capt. Martin Adams
Edward Hammond	...	2nd Lt. Harry Gurney
Barbara Atkinson	...	Mrs. Galloway

Storyline

Daisy and Edward's happy day has arrived and they are married. They have a party in the servants' hall but there is much sadness as well as Edward is being sent to the front that very evening. Georgina is also seeing her friends off to the front and with the ever-growing list of war casualties, everyone is aware that they are not likely to return. Daisy and Edward have an emotional farewell at the train station but for Georgina, emotion comes after the train has left and she sees the arrival of a hospital train with dozens upon dozens of wounded. She decides to become a nurse and make her own direct contribution to the war effort. Her duties aren't quire what she expected however. Below stairs, everyone is shocked when Ruby gives her notice having taken a job in a munitions factory at an unbelievably high salary.

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Plot Keywords:

nurse | officer | wounded soldier | parlor maid | year 1915 | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 1976 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

London Weekend Television (LWT), Sagitta Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Edward?"
(uncredited)
Music by Alexander Faris (1971)
Lyrics by Alfred Shaugnessy
Indtrumental version heard under closing titles

User Reviews

Everybody weeps...

September, 1915, This episode will have a lump in your throat throughout! Daisy finally marries Edward and the wedding is 'tinged' by the fact that Edward must leave for the front rightaway. It also doesn't help that nobody from the house (upstairs that is) can make the wedding - particularly Miss Georgina who has always had a special relationship with Daisy.

As Georgina sees some of her friends off to the front too at the railway station, she is moved by a train load of injured soldiers coming in. She helps hand out mugs of coffee with some kind words. The turning point is when she lights a cigarette for a dying man, and he dies before he finishes the smoke... It is then she decides like many to become a nurse, but her dreams of becoming a Florence Nightingale are shattered when she is given a ward of sick women.

Ruby takes everybody by surprise, as whilst all the rest of the staff at 165 are merely talking/thinking of leaving to do war-work, she's already found herself a job in a munitions factory earning three times as much money as Rose! Needless to say she leaves Eaton Place - certainly not the stupid girl everybody thinks!