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Room at the Top

Season 1
Set in post-war Britain and based on John Brain's classic novel, this drama follows a young man's struggle to rise above the world of his childhood and in the end, Joe must choose between the true love he feels for one woman and the success and stability offered by a union with another.
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  1. S1 E1 - Episode 1
    September 24, 2012
    59min
    18+
    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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  2. S1 E2 - Episode 2
    September 25, 2012
    59min
    18+
    Joe Lampton is busy cutting a swathe through Warley society and continues to play with the affections of two women - Susan Brown the daughter of the richest man in Warley, and Alice Aisgill, a married older woman. Joe realizes that he is going to have to choose between Alice and Susan. Which will Joe choose - money or love?
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Directors
Ken CumberlandSarah GilhamSusan Turnell
Producers
Kate TriggsRobert Cooper
Starring
Matthew McNultyMaxine PeakeJenna Louise Coleman
Studio
BBC Studios
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