Room at the Top

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.

Drama

Room at the Top

Drama

Created By
First Aired on: Sep 26, 2012
Popularity: 9.0744: 17 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: Great Meadow Productions
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 2 episodes

Season 1

Aired 13 years ago

2 Episodes

Episode 1Episode 160 min
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 2Episode 260 min
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.