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Room at the Top: Episode 1

Drama: Classic & Period

Episode 1

BBC Four - Room at the Top, Episode 1

Joe arrives in the mill town of Warley with two things on his mind - money and sex.

Adaptation of John Braine's novel. Joe arrives with money and sex on his mind, but his plan to marry into the middle classes is blown apart by his love for an older, married woman.

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. But his plan to marry into the wealthy middle classes is threatened by his feelings for Alice Aisgill, a woman who is not only ten years older than him, but also married.

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Adaptation of John Braine's novel about a young man on the make in 1940s Yorkshire

Adaptation of John Braine's classic novel about a young man on the make in 1940s Yorkshire

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