Eve Williams is about to discover just how the other half really live.. . Above stairs: Lord Netherwood keeps his considerable fortune ticking over with the profits from his three coal mines in the vicinity. It's just as well the coal is of the highest quality as the upkeep of Netherwood Hall his splendid estate on the outskirts of town doesn't come cheap. & that's not to mention the cost of keeping his wife & daughters in the latest fashions-- & keeping the heir the charming but feckless Tobias out of trouble. Below stairs: Eve Williams is the wife of one of Lord Netherwood's most stalwart employees. When her ordered existence amid the terraced rows of the miners' houses is brought crashing down by the twin arrivals of tragedy & charity Eve must look to her own self-sufficiency & talent to provide for her three young children. & it's then that 'upstairs' & 'downstairs' collide in truly dramatic fashion...