The BBC have released a set of new promotional photos of the cast of Upstairs Downstairs, which returns to BBC One this month for a second series.

Series 2 sees Alex Kingston (Doctor Who) join the cast as Dr Blanche Mottershead, the younger sister of Dame Eileen Atkins’ character.

The former ER actress will reportedly play "a free-thinking and outspoken archaeologist who smokes cheroots and who is fond of a ‘little light nudism’".

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