Room at the Top

Room at the Top

Limited Series 2012 · 2 eps · ★ 6.9 · Drama

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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.

Directed by Aisling Walsh · Written by Amanda Coe

Network: BBC Four

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