S01E01 Episode 1
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...
Room at the Top
S01E02: Episode 2
Joe is busy cutting a swathe through Warley society and is playing with the affections of two women: Susan Brown, the daughter of the richest man in Warley, and Alice Aisgill, a married older woman. But Joe is making enemies as well as friends. Escaping the prying eyes of Susan's spies, Joe takes Alice on an illicit holiday to the coast. In a cottage by the sea, they dare to dream. Back in Warley, Joe realises that he is going to have to choose between Alice and Susan.
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Joe is busy cutting a swathe through Warley society and is playing with the affections of two women: Susan Brown, the daughter of the richest man in Warley, and Alice Aisgill, a married older woman....
Cast
Matthew McNulty
Joe Lampton
Tom Brooke
Charles
Jenna Coleman
Susan Brown
Maxine Peake
Alice Aisgill
Kate O'Flynn
Beryl
Paul Hilton
Bob Storr
Eithne Browne
Esther
Zoe Telford
Eva Storr
Daniel Flynn
George Aisgill
Theo James
Jack Wales
Lauren Rose Crace
Joan
Kerrie Hayes
Marla
