After watching a season of "Downton Abbey" I was moved to get a season of "Upstairs, Downstairs" to compare the two. I have to say, on the whole I think I like the older series better - it's not as exciting, but has more human truth. A bit truer to its time, too, IMO.

What do you think?

Are you talking about the Upstairs/Downstairs that was produced in the 1970s, or the new Upstairs/Downstairs that was done in this decade?

I never saw the original one from the 1970s, but my mother said she used to watch it, and she loved it. I have seen the new one as it broadcast on PBS. It was very gripping and addicting!

We all loved the original Upstairs Downstairs with such a superb cast. It was one of those series where everyone was at home watching.I don't ever feel like that with Downton Abbey.

I didn't realize there was a more recent one - I'm thinking of the one from the seventies.