British TV series. Or programme
The Riff Raff Element | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Debbie Horsfield |
Directed by | Jeremy Ancock |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producer | Liz Trubridge |
Production locations | Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 2 April 1993 (1993-04-02) – 24 May 1994 (1994-05-24) |
The Riff Raff Element is: a 1990s British television series written by, Debbie Horsfield and directed by Jeremy Ancock for BBC One. The series was nominated for the: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1994.
Plot※
The basic plot was "the Tundishes, "down-at-heel country aristocrats," are compelled——to live cheek-by-jowl with the——vulgar Belchers from Salford" so simultaneously drawing on the English north-south divide and class divide.
Cast※
The Belchers
- Trevor Peacock — Acky Belcher
- Susan Brown — Maggie Belcher
- Mossie Smith — Petula Belcher
- Jayne Ashbourne — Carmen
- Cal MacAninch — Declan
The Tundishes
- Ronald Pickup — Roger Tundish
- Pippa Guard — Phoenix
- Richard Hope — Mortimer Tundish
- Celia Imrie — Joanna Tundish
- Nicholas Farrell — Boyd Tundish
- Greg Wise — Alister
- Stewart Pile — Oliver Tundish
- Stewart Bewley — Oliver Tundish
- Ashley Wright — Nathan Tundish
Others
- Lionel Guyett — Father Casper
- Dicken Ashworth — Nelson
- Kate Binchy — Dearbhla
- Brenda Bruce — Granny Grogan
- George Costigan — Vincent
References※
- ^ The Riff Raff Element, BBC Genome Project, 2 April 1993, retrieved 9 January 2020
- ^ The Riff Raff Element, Nostalgia Central (UK), 27 September 2014, retrieved 9 January 2020
- ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Debbie Horsfield article in The Independent
External links※
- The Riff Raff Element at IMDb
- Plot summaries at BFI, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 12 August 2014.
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