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Room at the Top is a 2012 BBC television adaptation by Amanda Coe of John Braine's 1957 novel of the same name, with a cast led by Matthew McNulty, Maxine Peake and Jenna Coleman, and directed by Aisling Walsh.
Episode #1.1: Directed by Aisling Walsh. With Matthew McNulty, Maxine Peake, Jenna Coleman, Julia Ford. Young Joe Lampton arrives in post-World War Two Warley to work at the town's treasury office and rents a room at the top of the house of kindly Mr and Mrs Thompson.
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- Drama, Romance
- Aisling Walsh
- 2012-09-26
Blue-collar Joe Lampton secures a job in a small town ruled by a rich industrialist, vowing to climb to the top by courting the head honcho's daughter. But when Joe's plans get scuttled, he turns to Alice -- an older, married woman -- for comfort. Watch trailers & learn more.
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Room at the Top is a 2012 TV series based on the novel by John Braine. It follows Joe, a working-class man who moves to a posh town and rises in the local society.
Adaptation of John Braine's classic novel about a young man on the make in 1940s Yorkshire.