The Riff Raff Element
The Riff Raff Element was a 1990s British television series written by Debbie Horsfield and directed by Jeremy Ancock for BBC One.[1][2] The series was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1994.[3]
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(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Liz Trubridge |
Production location(s) | Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | BBC1 |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 2 April 1993 – 24 May 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"[4] 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
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References
- The Riff Raff Element, BBC Genome Project, 2 April 1993, retrieved 9 January 2020
- The Riff Raff Element, Nostalgia Central (UK), 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 on IMDb
- Plot summaries at BFI, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 12 August 2014.
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