The Riff Raff Element
| The Riff Raff Element | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
The Riff Raff Element was a 1990s British television series written by Debbie Horsfield and directed by Jeremy Ancock for BBC1. 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 southern aristocrats, are compelled to live cheek-by-jowl with the vulgar Belchers from Salford"[1] 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
- 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
- Greg Wise — Alister
References
External links
- The Riff Raff Element at the Internet Movie Database
- Plot summaries at BFI, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 12 August 2014.
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