The Riff Raff Element

The Riff Raff Element
GenreDrama
Written byDebbie Horsfield
Directed byJeremy Ancock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerLiz Trubridge
Production locationsSalford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release2 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.[1][2] The series was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1994.[3]

Plot

The basic plot was "the Tundishes, down-at-heel country aristocrats, are compelled to rent out their former servants’ wing and 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

References

  1. ^ The Riff Raff Element, BBC Genome Project, 2 April 1993, retrieved 9 January 2020
  2. ^ The Riff Raff Element, Nostalgia Central (UK), 27 September 2014, 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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