An Americanized version of British television's "Upstairs, Downstairs,"Beacon Hill" will traffic in the same mix of class distinction, historical detail and backstairs hankypanky. The series has two layers--rich family on top, servants beneath. This is a Boston family, the Lassiters--Ben, a powerful industrialist and political boss, and his wife, children and grandchildren. Below stairs, we find Mr. and Mrs. Hacker running the household staff of Irish immigrants--most prominently Brian Mallory,…
An Americanized version of British television's "Upstairs, Downstairs,"Beacon Hill" will traffic in the same mix of class distinction, historical detail and backstairs hankypanky. The series has two layers--rich family on top, servants beneath. This is a Boston family, the Lassiters--Ben, a powerful industrialist and political boss, and his wife, children and grandchildren. Below stairs, we find Mr. and Mrs. Hacker running the household staff of Irish immigrants--most prominently Brian Mallory,…