"Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at the town hall in affluent Warley. He takes lodgings at the poshest part of the town and starts to make his mark on local society."
Matthew McNulty
as Joe Lampton
Tom Brooke
as Charles
Jenna Coleman
as Susan Brown
Maxine Peake
as Alice Aisgill
Kate O'Flynn
as Beryl
Paul Hilton
as Bob Storr
Eithne Browne
as Esther
Zoe Telford
as Eva Storr
Daniel Flynn
as George Aisgill
Theo James
as Jack Wales
Lauren Rose Crace
as Joan
Kerrie Hayes
as Marla
Kevin McNally
as Mr. Brown
Peter Wight
as Mr. Hoylake
Kevin Doyle
as Mr. Thompson
Julia Ford
as Mrs. Thompson
Paul Tomblin
as Ray
Amanda Coe
Writer
Paul Frift
Producer
Executive Producer
Kate Triggs
Aisling Walsh
Director
John Braine
Novel
Lukas Strebel
Director of Photography
Kristina Hetherington
Editor
Chris Truelove
Production Design
Nick Wilkinson
Art Direction
Chris Atkinson
Sound Recordist