Room at the Top

Room at the Top

2012
★★★☆☆ 6.9/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 2 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Drama
Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at the town hall in affluent Warley. He takes lodgings at the poshest part of the town and starts to make his mark on local society.

Seasons

Season 1
2012 • 2 Episodes
Leaving working class Dufton behind him, Joe Lampton arrives in the affluent mill town of Warley with two things on his mind: money and sex. He takes lodgings at The Top, where the rich folk live, and starts mixing with a better class of female at the local amateur dramatic society. He is soon dating Susan Brown, the daughter of the richest man in Warley.

Cast

Matthew McNulty
Matthew McNulty
Joe Lampton
Tom Brooke
Tom Brooke
Charles
Jenna Coleman
Jenna Coleman
Susan Brown
Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake
Alice Aisgill
Kate O'Flynn
Kate O'Flynn
Beryl
Paul Hilton
Paul Hilton
Bob Storr

Crew

Director
Aisling Walsh
Writer
Amanda Coe
Producer
Kate Triggs, Amanda Coe, Paul Frift

Network

BBC Four

Production

Great Meadow Productions

Keywords

englandyorkshireworking classclass differencesperiod dramasocial statusextramarital affairwoman directorsocial climbing1940s