Room at the Top

Room at the Top

2012
1 Season
6.9
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.

Episodes

Episode 1
E1Sep 26, 20121h

Episode 1

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.

Episode 2
E2Sep 27, 20121h

Episode 2

Joe is busy cutting a swathe through Warley society and is playing with the affections of two women: Susan Brown, the daughter of the richest man in Warley, and Alice Aisgill, a married older woman. But Joe is making enemies as well as friends. Escaping the prying eyes of Susan's spies, Joe takes Alice on an illicit holiday to the coast. In a cottage by the sea, they dare to dream. Back in Warley, Joe realises that he is going to have to choose between Alice and Susan.

Top 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

Eithne Browne

Eithne Browne

Esther

Zoe Telford

Zoe Telford

Eva Storr

Daniel Flynn

Daniel Flynn

George Aisgill

Theo James

Theo James

Jack Wales