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
GenreDrama
Written byDebbie Horsfield
Directed byJeremy Ancock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Producer(s)Liz Trubridge
Production location(s)Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Running time50 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC1
Picture format4:3
Audio formatStereo
Original release2 April 1993 (1993-04-02) 
24 May 1994 (1994-05-24)

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

The Tundishes

Others


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References

  1. The Riff Raff Element, BBC Genome Project, 2 April 1993, retrieved 9 January 2020
  2. The Riff Raff Element, Nostalgia Central (UK), retrieved 9 January 2020
  3. "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. Debbie Horsfield article in The Independent
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