Man at the Top (TV series)

Man at the Top is a British drama television series that was originally broadcast on ITV from 14 December 1970 to 4 September 1972, consisting of 23 episodes. The series depicts the character of Joe Lampton, the protagonist of John Braine's novels Room at the Top (1957) and Life at the Top (1962), and of the films based on those novels (Room at the Top (1959) and Life at the Top (1965)). In 1973, a spin-off film from the series, Man at the Top, was released.

Man at the Top
Genre	Drama
Created by	John Braine
Starring	Kenneth Haigh Zena Walker
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Producers	Jacqueline Davis George Markstein
Production company	Thames Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	14 December 1970 (1970-12-14) – 4 September 1972 (1972-09-04)

Cast

• Kenneth Haigh as Joe Lampton
• Zena Walker as Susan Lampton
• Mark Dignam as Abe Brown (series 1)
• Paul Hardwick as Abe Brown (series 2)
• Avice Landone as Margaret Brown
• Keith Skinner as Harry Lampton (series 1)
• Brendan Price as Harry Lampton (series 2)
• Colin Welland as Charlie Armitage
• James Donnelly as Teddy Soames
• Kim McCarthy as Barbara Lampton
• Janet Key as Dr. Helen Reid
• Ann Lynn as Jonni Devon
• Katy Manning as Julia Dungarvon
• Mark McManus as Dennis Rosslea

External links

Man at the Top at IMDb