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 (1993-04-02) – 24 May 1994 (1994-05-24)

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

The Tundishes

Others

References

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