Man at the Top (1970– )

Creator:

John Braine

Stars:

Kenneth Haigh, Zena Walker, Paul Hardwick

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kenneth Haigh	...	Joe Lampton (23 episodes, 1970-1972)
Zena Walker	...	Susan Lampton (19 episodes, 1970-1972)

Storyline

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 1970 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thames Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (23 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Guest Stars Donald Houston, Derek Benfield and Shelia Raynor had featured in the 1958 film of Room at the Top which had the same main character.

---

Connections

Follows Life at the Top (1965)

User Reviews

Man At The Top was over the top

Yorkshire Man moves down south and finds all southerners corrupt and perverted. This is the basic premise behind Man At The Top, so you can imagine Joe Lampton (the hero) gets very angry about this, and he does frequently, always raving about something or other. People from the north were often portrayed as victims throughout the series. He becomes a very successful business man in London with the help of long suffering (southern) wife Susan, who comes from an affluent family. Long suffering because she ignores his various affairs, although in the end she does sometimes play the field herself. This series encapsulates attitudes between the north and south of Britain which hopefully have now gone?.