Space: 1999 (ITC Entertainment and RAI, 1975-77) is a British science-fiction television series. In the pilot, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the moon explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September, 1999, knocking the moon out of its orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha hurtling uncontrollably into outer space. The series was the last produced by the partnership of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, famous for the TV series Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Fireball XL5, and UFO.
在第六季中家族成員的活遭遇戲劇的變化，Earl of Grantham在拜訪了一位靠著變家當以維持計的鄰居之，意識到他須精簡開支為了省錢，婦二人無奈散了家中的人。為了學自己照顧自，從穿衣到飯，他們都要自己動手令人吃驚的，推動這一變的正是家的大家長Earl of Grantham。他意識到家族的命開始走向衰。為了維護搖欲墜的莊，他們需要出一些代價那就是家族成員們不能像以前那樣侈地生活…
