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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.
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.
Sep 26, 2012 · A 2012 British drama based on John Braine's novel about a young man's love affairs in post-war Warley. See cast, crew, plot summary, trivia, ratings and more on IMDb.
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.
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Episode #1.1. 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. Through their friends, the Storrs, he joins the local amateur dramatics group where he meets the older, unhappily married Alice Aisgill and they soon hit it off.
Overview. 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.
