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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.
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.
Season 1. Room At The Top is a drama series based on John Braine's classic book about Joe Lampton, a young man on the make in 1940's Yorkshire. 9 IMDb 6.5 2012 2 episodes. Drama · Romance.
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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.
Adaptation of John Braine's classic novel about a young man on the make in 1940s Yorkshire.
